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

Bill Huey (billh@mag.ucsd.edu)
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 22:05:42 -0700 (PDT)


> Funny, you can also do that by looking at the file magic, without any
> kernel modification.

I was expecting something like this, but in a depersonalized manner, the

> > It's really no different than the ACL storage issue
>
> The ACL storage issue is much more difficult, because it involves
> security.

Well, not really. It's another set of disk data structures that's got to
be manage by the kernel. I'm assuming that the complexity comes from
what to do with the ACL data once a file is opened and actively used
from what I've read.

> I have used Macintoshes and I have dealt with the problems caused by
> file forks. And I came to a different conclusion than you did. Perhaps
> you should try to argue your point based on more facts and less on
> authority.

Uh, using a Macintosh is different than programming it, right ?

Didn't I say Macintosh GUI programmer have different perspective on
the subject and not general application users of the Mac ?

You seem to have not acknowledged that "Macintosh programmers", not
users see this VERY clearly.

bill

> -- g

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