On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 08:39:12AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 04:17:37PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
[...] > > What's /servers for? > > /servers is an area where active translators reside. It seems like this use of terminology resulted in a bit of confusion; we say that /hurd contains `translators', which are program-like things that can be communicated-with via file-system nodes; When one says "active translator", the straightforward interpretation of it is, well..., `a program-like thing that can be communicated-with via file-system nodes and ALSO has some quality of `activeness''. What Marcus really meant here is to describe a *node that has an active translator* attached to it. I suggest that a better term for this is "actively-translated node" (or "rendez-vous points", which I think I've seen used before in the description of /servers). -- "'tis an ill wind that blows no minds." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
