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While what the author demonstrates as the capabilities of ZFS to act in many respects like a version control system --one that you would never actually use, I t
by transfire 12y ago
While what the author demonstrates as the capabilities of ZFS to act in many respects like a version control system --one that you would never actually use, I think is foretells a future for file systems. It only makes sense that versioning should in fact become a standard part of all file systems eventually. There are definite limitations born of version control and file system not "living in the same world", so to speak. The most obvious of these is the notorious `rm foo`, oops... I mean `git rm foo`!
- JadeNB 12y agoNot just future, I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system#Implementations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system#Implemen....
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoI was using a versioned file system in 1992, and you didn't even have to be a privileged user to take advantage of it.
- snogglethorpe 12y ago... and versioned file systems in production use have been around since at least the early '70s... (tenex/twenex, etc)
- wglb 12y agoand Tops10, Tops20 as well.
- mst 12y agoI've never met anybody who described being any sort of VMS user as privilege.
- VLM 12y agoCould have been using AFS over the network, I was using that in '92 right up to today, at least using it at home. AFS snapshots are no big deal today, but I don't remember using them or not in '92.
- snarfy 12y agoWhen I started coding, I remember the long beards warning me the same mistakes are being repeated by the newer generation, and that I should learn about the history more. Comments like this which are blissfully ignorant of VMS only make their statement ring more true.