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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>,
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Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff]
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:28:47 +0100
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On November 4, 2001 05:45 pm, Tim Jansen wrote:
> > The dot-proc file is basically a binary encoding of Lisp (or XML), e.g. it
> > is a list of elements, wherein an element can itself be a list (or a
> 
> Why would anybody want a binary encoding? 

Because they have a computer?

> It needs special parsers and will be almost impossible to access from shell 
> scripts. 

No, look, he's proposing to put the binary encoding in hidden .files.  The 
good old /proc files will continue to appear and operate as they do now.

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Daniel
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