> I didn't call the problem unreasonable, I was objecting to its 
> characterization as an "essential feature". It isn't. A useful thing, 
> definitely, but there are a lot of those. It's hardly essential any 
> more than, say, a hash that automagically maps to the current 
> directory's files (iteratively, of course, catching all the 
> subdirectories) is essential

I see what you mean now.  I had A Momentary Lapse of Reason, in which
I forgot modules could do such things.  It's very suited to a
module---not very common, but very important to certain problems.

Luke

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