Re: Directory listings and path names

[tmoran@acm.org]

>wondering how well it would fit with more niche-type OS's and/or possible
>future developments in the field. (Would it fit well with MacOS, for
>example - or manipulating URLs/URIs?)
  The whole idea of directories and paths presumes a tree structure.
URLs are more like unique names, where '/' is just another character.
"a.com/b/c*.htm" is not meaningful as a URL (unless of course the server
wants to give "b/c*.htm" some meaning).  Tree structured directories
date from the days of tree structured databases.  They will eventually
disappear.  Then people will want standardized packages to handle
URLs and organize related URLs.  In the meantime, let's standardize at
least the simplest, least common denominator, directory walking routines.
IMHO