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>The Registry binary format has all the aspects of a filesystem: things corresponding to directories, inodes, extended attributes etc. Like? Always thought it
by forgotpwd16 4y ago
>The Registry binary format has all the aspects of a filesystem: things corresponding to directories, inodes, extended attributes etc.
Like? Always thought it was an hierarchical database.
- lelanthran 4y ago>> The Registry binary format has all the aspects of a filesystem: things corresponding to directories, inodes, extended attributes etc. > Like? Always thought it was an hierarchical database. A filesystem is a hierarchical database.
- forgotpwd16 4y agoI probably miss something then. The article also states that it is not a database.
- jaclaz 4y agoIt is a long standing debate, see this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27939728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27939728 basically it has some characteristics of a database and some characteristics of a filesystem (and a filesystem is actually a particular form of database), not entirely unlike the "over or under": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation it is an endless one, both views have their merits (but it is "over" and a filesystem ;))
- layer8 4y agoIt’s not a relational database is probably what they meant.