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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:57:44 +0200
From: Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: everything is a directory
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> Finally, to argue that files are not objects seems silly.  They ARE
> objects.  They have properties.  They have well defined interfaces for
> manipulating those properties.  A more reasonable argument may be that
> they are not object oriented since they lack certain prerequisites such
> as inheritance and abstraction, both mechanisms of extensibility.

In Plan 9 (and originally in Unix) files are the main abstraction, so
I'm not sure what you mean when you say they lack it; but they do lack
inheritance, and that is a good thing, I have never seen any good come
from inheritance.

> What a way to introduce myself to the list.  I'm sure I'm making friends
> fast :-p

Just be glad that boyd is not around anymore ;)

uriel