> First, it's not always easy to map every object operation into either an open read or write. Now a days people are mapping everything to JSON, and it works.

> First, it's not always easy to map every object operation into either an open read or write. Now a days people are mapping everything to JSON, and it works. The Plan9 directory structure was basically the JSON of the 80s, a hierarchical data structure were the hierarchy is easily navigable in a standard way, and the leafs can then hold any non-standard stuff you may need.