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From: Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Man pages for add-ons
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>> Also, is the size of the namespace list an issue?
>
> how does history(1) work in the face of a complicated namespace?
> we get buy now because the rules are pretty simple.

Hmm.. your scripts to setup your namespace also exist in the
wayback machine, no?
Perhaps this is a good argument for
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~baford/vxa/ ?

> what google uses for its search tables or custom applications
> might not be that interesting in the context of a general purpose
> operating system.

I'm just pointing out that searching unorganized files is
another alternative.  I'm not sold on this approach, myself.

> - erik

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