[Info-vax] RMS record metadata, was: Re: Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was Re: FREESPADRIFT)

[David Froble]

lawrencedo99 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 6:41:48 AM UTC+12, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 
>> Also, IMHO I think the default sequential record type for today's
>> world should be stream (and hence the terminator is also included in
>> the file data.) I do not think it should be variable length records.
> 
> Hands up all those who think RMS should die already...

Perhaps you are ready to re-write billions of dollars of existing software?

Why cannot the old and new co-exist?