Aucbvax.2048 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!DREIFU@WHARTON-10 Thu Jul 2 18:58:32 1981 Re: File accessing? And what about providing parallel alternative file systems for differing applications. Eg: Stream where Stream is good, and char where character is good (pipes). Make each system consistent within itself and transparent to the end user. The system developer can choose the file TYPEs s/he would be able to use the most efficiently and blasto. Hank ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.