On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 10:21:56PM -0500, Ed Carp wrote:
> Uh, folks? That wasn't the point. Using /etc/passwd WAS AN EXAMPLE. There are LOTS of flat files in UNIX that have this problem. Stop trying to solve specific problems - solve the generic ones, it'll go a lot farther.
>
The problem is that ASCII/UNIX-file-system is a generic, exportable,
and long lasting solution, while every binary format known to humankind
has been painful, limited, and rapidly obsoleting. Perhaps the solution is
faster tools for manipulating text files.
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