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 On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:18:16 -0700, David Leimbach wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:59 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:56 AM, John Floren <john@jfloren.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I do not think it is acceptable to have to fork repeatedly merely
>> to
>> > efficiently read a file. Also, as far as I can tell, exactly one
>> > program (fcp) does that.
>> >
>> > Can a single process have multiple outstanding requests? My
>> > investigations indicated not, but then again I may have mis-read
>> > things.
>>
>> So, John, you don't think it's reasonable to rewrite every program a
>> la fcp? How unreasonable of you :-)
>
> "Perhaps if we built a large wooden badger..."

 On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:20:37 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
>
> alternatively, the mount driver could be rewritten.

 coconuts?

   EBo --