Re: [9fans] New /prog idea

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 08:53:39PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> 
> On Sun May  4 18:01:22 EDT 2014, yshurik@lynxline.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Just idea, but seriously, why cannot do something like this:
> > 
> > # cat /prog/new > $id
> > # cat /dis/ls.dis > /prog/$id/dis
> > # echo "/" > /prog/$id/cwd
> > # echo «Running» > /prog/$id/status
> > 
> > Not to do it which echo/cat, but to have remote access to /prog/new
> 
> so that's an interesting idea.  i've toyed with the idea of having
> a mount driver analog for system calls, but got tripped up on
> the details, and the lack of a specific need.

The Bell Labs paper about plan9 talks about metaphors that can be
abused: "Nonetheless, it is possible to push the idea of file-base
computing too far." This the "Discussion" at the end of the paper...
Playing with the idea and thinking about the implementation is probably
a good way to understand the paper...
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