Re: file as a directory

[Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@propylon.com>]

Hans Reiser wrote:

> Sean McGrath wrote:
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> > Hans Reiser wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Sean McGrath wrote: 
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> > >
> > > > The thing that interests me most is the difference (if any) between
> > > > giving a stream of bytes an opaque name e.g. "Chapter 1 of my
> > > > book.sxw" versus giving a stream of bytes a query expression that can
> > > > also be considered an opaque name e.g.
> > > > "/book/chapter[1] "
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > >        
> > > What is an opaque name?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > By "opaque name" I mean a name that is purely a label. A name that
> > cannot be interpreted as a query expression.
> >    
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> Isn't query just another name for name?
>
>  
That is a major philosophical nugget :-)

I recommend Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity:
   http://www.answers.com/topic/saul-kripke

Sean


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