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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada.Directories
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:44:53 +0100, Markus E L wrote:

> Harald Korneliussen wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 21, 9:40 am, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
>> wrote:
>>> "." is not a hard/soft link, as it cannot be removed.
>>
>> When did removability become part of the definition of "hard link"?
> 
> Never it did. This is just what happens to definitions that come into
> contact with Dmitry. I've purposely waited seom time (well, even three
> weeks) to write this answer. From the fact that Dmitry did not answer
> any more one can usually see that he got the point. At least that's my
> observation.

No, I still haven't got it. But because we don't have a workable definition
of hard link, it just makes no sense to me to discuss it. And even if we
had, it were totally irrelevant to the issue of Ada.Directories.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de