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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:46:13 -1000
From: Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Man pages for add-ons
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> enough. We say we deal with it with namespaces, but the bindings on a
> freshly-installed Plan 9 box already make a much longer list than any $PATH I
> can imagine!

but you don't have a LD_LIBRARY_PATH, a MANPTH, or any number of
other search paths. Or symlinks. What is the total length of all
of your paths plus symlinks?

Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue?

> I'm thinking over the idea that we're bumping up against the practical limits
> of hierarchal file systems as a means for organising stuff, but I've no idea
> what else might work.

Google's approach is not to bother sorting things out.  Use searches
to find data you want. You can still do some sorting in things like
gmail, but you don't need to.

Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com