Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:45:56 +0100 (IST) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea ofwhat reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why |
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On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Putting \ into filenames makes windows compatibility less trivial.
Err, I think Ted used \ as an example of how to escape |. It is not part of the filename.
> Putting | into filenames seems like asking for trouble with shells.
I think that was Ted's precise reason for arguing that | be used. Did you even read his rationale? :)
> If you think \| is user friendly, oh god, people like you are the > reason why Unix is hated by many.
I think he was arguing | (not \|) is the least worst seperator to use.
> Rather few people understand closure though, so I don't expect to > do well in the politics of this. It is a bit like being for free > trade, most people will never understand why it is so important > because their mental gifts are in other matters,
Lots of people understand why free-trade is important. It's taught in introductory economics/business classes in secondary school.
If you are similarly underestimating the understanding of those who are debating merits of in-name-space streams with you, and overestimating your own understanding, you're not going make progress in convincing people of their merit (if at all).
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