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Makes me wonder what other ways we could've gone other than hierarchical.
by 3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
Makes me wonder what other ways we could've gone other than hierarchical.
- andrewshadura 3y agoWell, CP/M actually had a number of "user areas", the default one being USER 0. Some tools actually used that to simulate directories (AFAIR they kept the number to name mapping in a hidden file somewhere).
- TillE 3y agoOnce you have the basic concept of a filesystem, mapping names to chunks of data, I think directories are a natural extension. It's an aid to both the human and the computer.