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From: jcampbell@mrfort.DEC (Jon Campbell)
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Subject: attributes
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 17:18:38 EDT
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Thanks for all your input. By the way, I want to make it clear
that I am NOT speaking for the ULTRIX group, which is many miles
from where I work here in Marlboro, nor am I implying that Digital
was considering making changes to its ULTRIX kernel to
solve the "problem" I think I identified.
 
I think I now understand the aversion to "out-of-band data" expressed
by many of you in your replies. It creates all sorts of complexities
which the UNIX kernel has avoided by its simplicity. What I
needed was some feedback from real UNIX users and wizards about how I
might solve a theoretical issue, namely, the building of "smarter"
language runtime libraries and data manipulation systems, and you
provided a wealth of information for that purpose.
 
					Thanks again,
					Jon Campbell
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