From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090831161633.CD6F75B64@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <2abfc8db078f981044b3f9e69934279d@quanstro.net> <20090831161633.CD6F75B64@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:13 -0500 Message-ID: From: Eric Van Hensbergen To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Interested in improving networking in Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5d6e7c70-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bakul Shah wro= te: > > ndb maps directly to a list of lisp's association lists but > how would you map this to a synthetic fs? Something like > / to yield a tuple? For example: > My current intuition in these situations is to allow for both interfaces -- top level aggregated queries as well as granular hierarchical queries. Both make sense for different reasons. > > An intriguing idea that can point toward a synth fs interface > to a dbms or search results.... =A0But I don't think this would > be a lightweight interface. > The fact that its not immediately clear is what makes it a good research topic. It will likely take several iterations to identify a "best fit" interface with the likely result that multiple interfaces/views are required. I think there are precious little information on synthetic file system design, given its continuing popularity in the non-Plan-9 world, we could use more published wisdom/experiences from the evolution of various file-system based interfaces. -eric