Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Nit

[Mark A. Flacy]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
Tom> 
Tom> There's definately cost/value trade-offs in that problem space and
Tom> implementing in C just makes those a lot sharper.  Maybe somebody
Tom> should write a Common Lisp or Java version of arch :-)

You're probably just pulling limbs, but a Java version of arch won't really
fly.

No concept of group or owner and no concept of permission bits[1].

You *can* get around such things via some native library code, but that
rather defeats the "run-anywhere" model.



Footnotes: 
[1]  Read-only and hidden files are supported.

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