Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Horst von Brand wrote: > >Peter Foldiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >[...] > >>Perhaps a better way to think about this is that instead of talking > >>about directories and files, we just talk about objects. > >Then you have a collection of interrelated objects, i.e., a database. > >Operating systems that work on databases (no filesystem) have been done, > >and are a nice idea... but are far, far away from Unix. > A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. Right. But you need to know where you are going, and why. > Actually, databases are the wrong solution because they are relational, Says who? > and what is needed is a semi-structured query language that is upwardly > compatible with Unix hierarchical semantics, ala > www.namesys.com/future_vision.html -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
