> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:39:06 EDT erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> > wrote: > > > The feature I want is the ability to pass not just character > > > values in environment or pipes but arbitrary Scheme objects. > > > But that requires changes at the OS level (or mapping them > > > to/from strings, which is a waste if both sides can handle > > > structured objects). > > > > !? the ability to pass typed records around is an idea that was > > tarred, feathered, drawn and quartered by unix. files, and therefore > > streams, have no type. they are byte streams. > > I was not talking about "records" but s-expressions. "json" > is kind of sort of the same thing. Without a generally useful > and simple such mechanism, people end up devising their own. > The 9p format for instance. And go has typed channels.
it sounds like you're saying 9p isn't useful. .... i must be reading your post incorrectly. - erik
