From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-17 21:12:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C957742.8223A76B@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System References: <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C9514DD.9CF1F84A@san.rr.com> <99da9u0909rsblfdcc1ru7jd2r9q461qhk@4ax.com> <3C955E65.94268F80@san.rr.com> <5lqa9uctl2c0mal5jh4tfgn5q5u2gu2teo@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 05:12:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1016428367 66.75.151.160 (Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:12:47 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:12:47 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21393 Date: 2002-03-18T05:12:47+00:00 List-Id: James Ross wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 03:26:42 GMT, Darren New wrote: > > >Well, if it's based on the relational database model, then you don't > >even *have* files to worry about being in the wrong place. :) > > Ah, my point exactly! You just have to worry about tables getting rearranged, or people storing configuration information in application-specific databases. :-) > I was not aware of any OS whose file system was basically a database. > I thought my idea was original... not! :) PalmOS is a modern one. Pr1me OS (yes, with a "1" there) is an older one, as well as the predicessors to that whose names I forget. Many of the mainframe systems had database-like file systems, which is why people complained about complex structured file systems that UNIX did away with. > >Another possibility is to ditch the whole concept of persistant storage > >being different from "RAM" storage ... > Good suggestions. Definitely something to look into / think about. By which I mean, for example, something like making the entire quantity of disk storage into swap space, for example. I mean, that's one way to think about it. EROS does this, for example, altho I don't think EROS is a particularly good example of how to do it right. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Remember, drive defensively if you drink.