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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.unix.wizards,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: File specification regularity (Was: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system)
Message-ID: <8664@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 9 Oct 88 00:36:17 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <4243@bsu-cs.UUCP> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa) writes:
>but isn't it really just a matter of calming down and paying attention to 
>what you're doing, rather than quibbling about notation?

No, a well-chosen notation can make possible things that one wouldn't
dream of doing under other circumstances.  A uniform hierarchical
naming scheme offers opportunities for simple grafting on of subsystems,
generalized mounts, etc. that an erratic naming scheme does not.