From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19904 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2021 09:13:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO 4ess.inri.net) (216.126.196.42) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Aug 2021 09:13:01 -0000 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]) by 4ess; Tue Aug 31 01:38:50 -0400 2021 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9669B13B2A7 for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:33:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from unobe@cpan.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=message-id :to:subject:date:from:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=e4/JyXK/8sv1j2bt5YxOcDJIj ZatYBKJXitFHu5n+Q0=; b=oJ/fb5/z5ElCG/c0wnFvOBkE44msPRGjnepon59pA Xi9dBsAOo2wXnt0knzxcbM5DIuQwjZtFNRXbwZF/vcnvS6D+0ersxsbn3wvAtUXZ dSSPwLqCPQ6v5PSsyR5DuHE+FZKotx76ogpJAsJ42OAUMAMuY+XC4XsB1I1s6nsa T8= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F18913B2A6 for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:33:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from unobe@cpan.org) Received: from strider (unknown [47.34.135.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DDA9313B2A5 for <9front@9front.org>; Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:33:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from unobe@cpan.org) Message-ID: To: 9front@9front.org Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:33:25 -0700 From: unobe@cpan.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pobox-Relay-ID: F7843CC4-0A1C-11EC-8D38-FA11AF6C5138-09620299!pb-smtp20.pobox.com List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: anonymous decentralized shader API-scale table hosting enhancement-oriented generator Subject: Re: [9front] htmlfs Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk Quoth Amavect : > Not everything needs to be a file system. > A program still needs to deserialize and load structs. > A 9p fs just doesn't do that. That's true, there are benefits to a programming library (namely, performance). But doesn't a file system that presents a consistent interface allow for a choice of programming language and for the ability to abstract further? For instance, having xmlfs (if such a thing existed) would allow for rc programs to do some simple tasks that need to muck with xml.