[geeks] Versioning FIlesystem

[Mike Meredith]

On Friday 23 May 2003 22:34, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> Because if you used /, -every- userland program would need to know how
> to tell the difference between a versioned ordinary file and a
> directory.

*Every* one ? Most just try and open a file and read/write to it. They rely on 
the kernel/system library to prevent them doing something dumb with something 
that isn't a file.

Of course with a severe head cold, I could be missing something obvious.