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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaDos w/o Directory in AmigaDos
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 23:14:31 EDT
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	Poo.  I don't like the directory structure either, but watch what
your saying.  The specific problem you mention is a programmer problem, not an
OS problem.  Window/Mouse-oriented programs only have to collect the directory
if they were written to.

					-Matt


>      I think it is funny (?) that this sort of (non-)directory is implemented
>      on a machine like the Amiga where most program will implement an OPEN
>      command which shows up the directory so that you can select which file
>      you need. On a UNIX or MSDOS computer you are free to type in the
>      filename if you already know it, and you don't have to wait for the
>      directory. On Window/Mouse-oriented programs on the Amiga you have to
>      wait until the OPEN command has collected all filenames. Therefor I
>      think the actual implementation of the file system (directory) is 
>      unapropriate for the Amiga.
>      
>      					claudio