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: 103376,3689d3c938c589e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-23 12:50:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newspeer.monmouth.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Directory listings and path names References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.202.96 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1011818955 ST000 67.112.202.96 (Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:49:15 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:49:15 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: OH\IRYOGTRUSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@BL\QMIWIWTEPIB_NVUAH_[BL[\IRKIANGGJBFNJF_DOLSCENSY^U@FRFUEXR@KFXYDBPWBCDQJA@X_DCBHXR[C@\EOKCJLED_SZ@RMWYXYWE_P@\\GOIW^@SYFFSWHFIXMADO@^[ADPRPETLBJ]RDGENSKQQZN Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:49:15 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19255 Date: 2002-01-23T20:49:15+00:00 List-Id: >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