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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-23 18:06, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <nkgspt$rm$2 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>> This whole thread came about because some people pointed out that exact
>> file sizes, to the byte, sometimes were wanted. And then it's been a
>> thread of "why?". And when I give an example of why, it becomes a thread
>> of "why?".
>>
>> Yes, I know VMS couldn't care less. RSX also couldn't care less. Me,
>> writing an http server (as well as an ftp server), do care. And doing
>> these things, which many people consider to be pretty basic tools that
>> all systems should have, is a pain because the file system do not have
>> this information.
>>
>> Yes, there are solutions. They are costly. Could there possibly be a
>> point in adding this information, if it can be done at a low cost?
>>
>> You are just putting your head in the sand and saying that since it's
>> not there, we don't need it.
>
> Why pay for it when you don't need it?  Pay for it when you do!

Which, for a web server, is every time a document is requested, which 
might mean a dozen requests for a single page. And that is just one 
example. And for a 10M document, calculating the size every time is 
pretty costly... Reading through 10M to find the size, and then read 
through it again, to deliver it. Color me not-excited.

	Johnny