From: "Peter C. Chapin" <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
Subject: Re: Seeking for papers about tagged types vs access to subprograms
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 07:31:36 -0400
Date: 2013-05-15T07:31:36-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1305150727500.2254@whirlwind> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kjbvp4huk80h$.lmd96b154spg$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Wed, 15 May 2013, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> If you have a broken OS, like Linux/Windows is, you cannot have this
> abstraction. Instead you emulate it as a lower-level stream of octets
> with escape sequences used to simulate lines. What is wrong with that?
> It conflates representation with the interface.
The genius of the Linux (and Windows) way of representing files is that
the operating system does not need to know anything about the nature of
the data being stored in the files. Thus new file types can be defined by
applications without any OS changes. This does push the burden of
interpreting the file's format into the application but the benefit is a
more generic operating system. When one considers all the different kinds
of files created by applications today, I can't imagine any other way
working well.
Peter
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2013-04-28 5:14 Seeking for papers about tagged types vs access to subprograms Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-04-30 0:31 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-04-30 0:41 ` Shark8
2013-04-30 1:00 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-02 1:18 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-02 2:29 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-06 10:00 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-06 10:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-06 10:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-06 12:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-06 13:16 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-06 14:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-06 15:15 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-06 18:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-06 20:05 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-07 7:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 4:33 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-07 20:35 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen news
2013-05-07 20:44 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-07 22:32 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-05-07 23:10 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-05-08 0:18 ` Shark8
2013-05-10 4:34 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 8:27 ` Simon Wright
2013-05-10 18:08 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-08 7:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-08 7:59 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 8:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-08 9:39 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 9:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 10:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-08 11:08 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 15:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-08 16:13 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 18:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 4:35 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 20:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-09 7:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-09 22:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-10 3:29 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 4:16 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 8:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 11:18 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 12:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 12:40 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 12:59 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 13:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 14:01 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 14:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 15:20 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 7:22 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-05-10 18:04 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-10 19:33 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 0:18 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-11 7:14 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 21:06 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-11 23:19 ` Shark8
2013-05-12 6:09 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-14 2:02 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-12 6:44 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-12 8:10 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-12 8:49 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-12 18:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-12 22:15 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-13 0:26 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-13 7:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-13 13:15 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-13 17:30 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-13 18:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-13 18:39 ` Bill Findlay
2013-05-13 18:57 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-13 19:13 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-13 20:38 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-14 7:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 20:00 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-15 10:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 19:56 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-15 4:24 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-15 9:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-15 11:31 ` Peter C. Chapin [this message]
2013-05-15 12:32 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-15 19:59 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-15 20:56 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-15 12:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-15 18:15 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-15 19:18 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-05-15 19:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-15 20:37 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-15 20:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 12:45 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-05-16 17:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-05-16 9:41 ` G.B.
2013-05-16 12:35 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-15 14:21 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-05-14 2:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-14 19:35 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-15 4:11 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-16 23:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-13 5:21 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-13 7:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-13 8:23 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-13 19:20 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-14 8:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 3:47 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 0:22 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-11 7:22 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 3:59 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 4:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 7:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-10 8:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-10 15:11 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 0:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-11 6:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 7:06 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-05-11 7:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 8:14 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-14 2:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-14 7:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 11:34 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-14 12:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 13:13 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-14 18:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-15 11:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-15 13:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-15 21:12 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-15 22:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 11:31 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-16 11:56 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-16 12:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 13:10 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-16 13:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 17:15 ` G.B.
2013-05-16 18:09 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-16 19:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 21:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-05-17 19:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-16 21:20 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-16 23:20 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-05-17 5:25 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-17 7:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-05-16 13:09 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-05-11 7:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 9:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 18:14 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-05-11 8:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 9:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 11:49 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-05-11 12:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 22:51 ` Robert A Duff
2013-05-12 6:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-12 6:25 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-12 7:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-12 7:37 ` Simon Wright
2013-05-12 7:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-12 8:21 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-12 9:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2013-05-12 10:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-11 7:32 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-11 7:46 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-14 12:46 ` Weaker typing as a part of the way to stronger typing? (Was: Seeking for papers about tagged types vs access to subprograms) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-05-14 19:08 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-10 16:02 ` Seeking for papers about tagged types vs access to subprograms Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-05-08 20:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-09 7:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-09 21:43 ` Randy Brukardt
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2013-05-11 0:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-11 6:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 3:01 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-14 8:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 19:02 ` Randy Brukardt
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2013-05-16 23:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-15 9:14 ` G.B.
2013-05-15 12:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2013-05-15 15:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-14 19:21 ` Robert A Duff
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2013-05-07 1:14 ` Randy Brukardt
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2013-05-07 1:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-07 7:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2013-05-08 7:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-05-08 20:37 ` Randy Brukardt
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2013-05-09 21:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-05-10 7:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2013-05-11 7:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2013-05-02 1:09 ` Randy Brukardt
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