pathnames [Re: files, printers, etc. [Re: The feel of a Lisp

[Mike McDonald]

>Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 13:25:17 +1000
>From: "Chris Bitmead uid(x22068)" <Chris.Bitmead@alcatel.com.au>
>Subject: Re: pathnames [Re: files, printers, etc. [Re: The feel of a Lisp
>To: lispos@math.gatech.edu
>
>
>>>>(make-path *internet* "abwillms.demon.co.uk" 'Public 'Hello!)
>>>
>>>You're still assuming simple tree structure with a single key for
>>>getting at your objects.
>>>
>>
>>  No he didn't. He's saying here's one path to the object. There may
>>be other just as valid paths to it.
>
>Ok, let me revise that...
>
>"You're still assuming simple directed graph structure with a single
>key for getting at your objects."
>

  Nope, not that either. Even Unix has a many to one mapping when it
comes to its file systems.

  Mike McDonald
  mikemac@engr.sgi.com