Re: [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years

["J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:20 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:10 AM, J.R. Mauro <jrm8005@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree that generally only one process will be accessing a "normal"
>> file at once. I think an editor is not a good example, as you say.
>>
>
> I'll say it again. It does not matter what we think. It matters what
> apps do. And some apps have multiple processes accessing one file.
>
> As to the wisdom of such access, there are many opinions :-)
>
> You really can not just rule things out because reasonable people
> don't do them. Unreasonable people write apps too.
>
> ron
>

I just meant it was a bad example, not that the case of an editor
doing something can or should be ruled out.