Brian Mathis wrote in message <7219@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>Colin Ward wrote:
>> <PERSONAL OPINION>
>>
>> I sure would like to know what clown at Apple invented this
>> Data/Resource fork business, because I'd just love to hit them with a
>> great big stick! What is wrong with the *single* file system that is
>> used by just about every other computer in the world?
>>
>> </PERSONAL OPINION>
>
>Ok, troll..
>
>The resource fork is something that *should* have made it into every
>other file system. Determining a file type based on 3 characters after
>the last dot? *That's* the ridiculous idea.
>
>Oh, by the way, what do you think about Palm Resource Databases? Oh
>yeah, they're basically the equivalant of a resource fork.. how about
>that...
The resource fork did not determine the type
of the file -- the creator attributes does,
just like on the Palm.
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-Richard M. Hartman
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