From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 CDT." References: <2abfc8db078f981044b3f9e69934279d@quanstro.net> <20090831161633.CD6F75B64@mail.bitblocks.com> From: Bakul Shah Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:50:59 -0700 Message-Id: <20090902165059.D21DB5B3E@mail.bitblocks.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Interested in improving networking in Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5f33c8da-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 CDT Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > An intriguing idea that can point toward a synth fs interface > > to a dbms or search results.... But I don't think this would > > be a lightweight interface. > > > > The fact that its not immediately clear is what makes it a good > research topic. It will likely take several iterations to identify a > "best fit" interface with the likely result that multiple > interfaces/views are required. I think there are precious little > information on synthetic file system design, given its continuing > popularity in the non-Plan-9 world, we could use more published > wisdom/experiences from the evolution of various file-system based > interfaces. Oh I don't know.... Shoehorning a DB interface into a FS interface doesn't feel right but stranger things have happened.