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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Keywords: OS features kernel filesystem root
Message-ID: <10332@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 26 May 89 18:11:45 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <7439@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>I suggest finding a better syntax for root than "/".

[Obviously we're no longer talking about backward compatibility with UNIX.]
I don't think there should be a namesystem root.  I recently sent DMR some
notes about a new concept that would permit us to get rid of namesystem root,
among other things.  I don't know whether anything will come of it..