Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:31:55 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > That's your assertion. I claim it is starting with a solution going > > looking for the problem, and finding the solution is not what the > > problem required -> kluge. > > Credit me with having thought about the issues before I started > coding. I even discussed things on the list before I started > coding. Devfs is most definately a response to a set of real problems. >
You did, and I agree it is a response. I don't think it is the *correct* response (as I have explained many times on this list many times both before and after you first started on this.)
-hpa
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