From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Thu,  8 Nov 2001 08:06:08 -0500
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> 1) The same tools should work on all file names, however set up, to
>    create them, remove them, rename them, and so forth.
> 2) Whether a file name mapping is per-user or not should be decoupled
>    from what the user sees.

I guess I'm dim. I can't see how either of these properties is unmet by
Plan 9.

Maybe you're trying to get at some other form of name space, like Linda
or something, some inherently unstructured pairing of name and object
that is structured by user actions.

-rob