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On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Al Viro wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> > Are there cases I'm missing?  It sounds like the API could be improved
> > to fully model the last case, and everything will work nicely.
> 
> 	You know, that's starting to remind of this little gem of Borges:
> http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html
> Especially the delightful (fake) quote contained in there:
> [...] it is written that the animals are divided into:
> 	(a) belonging to the emperor,
> 	(b) embalmed,
> 	(c) tame,
> 	(d) sucking pigs,
> 	(e) sirens,
> 	(f) fabulous,
> 	(g) stray dogs,
> 	(h) included in the present classification,
> 	(i) frenzied,
> 	(j) innumerable,
> 	(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush,
> 	(l) et cetera,
> 	(m) having just broken the water pitcher,
> 	(n) that from a long way off look like flies.


Coincidentally, this was also the model for Linux capabilities.


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James Morris
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