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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-09 22:22:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: Progress on AdaOS) Date: 10 Sep 2001 03:55:10 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9nhdiu$8q61@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9n2jcd$b50$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9n3h11$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <9n7vfh$nq6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9n8o51$aik1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <9nala6$p3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5257.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12968 Date: 2001-09-10T03:55:10+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:24:04 -0400, Marin David Condic wrote: > To design and build a full-blown file system is a *big* job. Just look at > everything that is in NTFS. Based on what people have mentioned about NTFS, it has serious feature bloat; having features that can't be accessed from the API are a waste. I wasn't talking about implementing a journalled, efficent filesystem from the start; I was talking about implementing a quick and dirty filesystem that reflects the way the OS works. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg