Re: nice troll (was: All this resource-fork AKA multiple stream nonsense)

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
05 Jul 1999 10:13:34 -0400


>>>>> "Albert" == Albert D Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> writes:
> You have a 1.5 GB compound document.
> It contains 3 evenly sized parts.
> You want to extend the middle part by one byte.

You know perfectly well that this 3-component document will be represented not
as a file but as a directory, so extending the middle part is just as easy as
with "forks".
Using bogus arguments is not a good way to convince people around here.

Stefan

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