Nope, already lost interest.
On 8/20/07, Uriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess robert is not the only one who has to do some reading of 9fans
> archives...
>
> uriel
>
> On 8/21/07, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hmmm who's Dave L? I thought I was Dave L, but this isn't me Dave L.
> >
> > Super :-)
> >
> > On 8/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > The answer to that seems obvious. A single bit could determine
> > > > whether
> > > > or not an attribute is transient or more permanent.
> > >
> > > So now our attributes have an attribute.
> > > How kewl is that?
> > > What about the state of the attribute's attribute:
> > > do you copy that when you copy the attribute?
> > > Is it optional or mandatory?
> > > What's the default, Kenneth?
> > >
> > > As has been stated before,
> > > it's then non-extensibility of the file system and file access
> > > protocols that makes them wonderful.
> > >
> > > Poor analogy:
> > > the file interface is like having a standardised range of nuts and
> > > bolts:
> > > you can build wonderful things with them simply;
> > > attributes is like having loads of optional options on your nuts and
> > > bolts
> > > that you don't need and just get in the way.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Finally, to argue that files are not objects seems silly. They ARE
> > > > objects.
> > >
> > > "You're merely confounding the issue by playing a naive semantical
> > > game":-).
> > > Files are objects in the same sense that C-style arrays-of-characters
> > > are string objects.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Should I search the archives for boyd for my entertainment :-)
> > >
> > > You could do that.
> > > Alternatively, you could keep on talking about <spit>file attributes</
> > > spit>:
> > > I can sense him spinning already.
> > > If this nonsense goes on he'll probably start channelling through
> > > some poor unfortunate random 9fan sometime soon.
> > >
> > > I don't know ...
> > > 9fans is so full of noise these days ...
> > > If it's not C++ it's eye candy and if it's not eye candy it's file
> > > system abuse.
> > >
> > > It's the best OS in the known universe:
> > > why can't people try to improve it instead of making it look like
> > > all the other pukebucket OSes out there?
> > > (Exeunt left mumbling and shaking head).
> > >
> > > DaveL.
> > >
> > > P.S. Did you mean "transient" ("lasting only for a short time")?
> > >
> > >
> >
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