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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:07:58 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Properly implemented metadata can:
[snip world peace]
> all at once.  That includes program copies.

Show me the design for such a properly implemented thing.

None of the designs I've seen proposed so far are able
to do what you claim.

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
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