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John R. Strohm wrote:
> Sounds sort of like the database at the center of a Stoneman APSE to me.
> That idea dates back to, what, the late 1970s?

The idea may date back, but as I recall, the implementations were
horrible, leading to frequent unnecessary "recompile the world"
scenarios. I am guessing that Microsoft will do a much better job.