Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to documentthe idea ofwhat reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Hans Reiser wrote:

> Putting \ into filenames makes windows compatibility less trivial.

Err, I think Ted used \ as an example of how to escape |. It is not 
part of the filename.

> Putting | into filenames seems like asking for trouble with shells.

I think that was Ted's precise reason for arguing that | be used. Did 
you even read his rationale? :)

> If you think \| is user friendly, oh god, people like you are the 
> reason why Unix is hated by many.

I think he was arguing | (not \|) is the least worst seperator to 
use.

> Rather few people understand closure though, so I don't expect to 
> do well in the politics of this. It is a bit like being for free 
> trade, most people will never understand why it is so important 
> because their mental gifts are in other matters,

Lots of people understand why free-trade is important. It's taught in 
introductory economics/business classes in secondary school.

If you are similarly underestimating the understanding of those who 
are debating merits of in-name-space streams with you, and 
overestimating your own understanding, you're not going make progress 
in convincing people of their merit (if at all).

regards,
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