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I thought Unix was “everything is a file” and Plan9 was “everything is a filesystem”?
by throwaway894345 5y ago
I thought Unix was “everything is a file” and Plan9 was “everything is a filesystem”?
- dralley 5y agoMaybe so. I guess the point is, the concept that different types of resources need different protocols is baked in, rather than picking one type of abstraction and applying it to every type of resource. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.ht... There are some filesystem-like usage patterns built on top of that which are universal, but they're more limited. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html
- pjmlp 5y agoOn Unix "everything is a file" until sockets came into the party.