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I've watched OSs come and go. They all make about the same mistakes - including a file system as part of the OS (instead of just another service). Organizing it
by JoeAltmaier 6y ago
I've watched OSs come and go. They all make about the same mistakes - including a file system as part of the OS (instead of just another service). Organizing it around directory-parent directory-file.
I'm just an old guy, moaning about how little OS technology has changed or grown in 30 years.
- breck 6y agoThe trees vs graphs debate is one that constantly comes up. I'm obviously a tree guy, but of the things that I am most uncertain of, this is one of them. To me it seems when you dissect things, you can always make a tree, and trees are simpler, therefore everything is a tree. However, trees don't come to life until you have motion/time, and I could see maybe how the graph is the ultimate data structure. You can't dissect graphs into 2 dimensions like you can trees however, given the constraint that wires cannot cross. You can create models of graphs, but not arbitrary graphs themselves. Whereas there is no tree that you cannot create in 2 dimensions.