EUREKA - was the 'why' of pseudofs

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     There are several reasons for using PFSs.

EUREKA!

Matt - you've re-invented Ramphotyphlops braminus:

Weigh this:


PFS = Parthenogenetic File System


hammer pfs-master  = select a host.

hammer pfs-slave   = induce ovulation.

hammer mirror-copy = self-inseminate the egg, provide nutrients to
		     grow a clone with the instincts of the parent.

hammer mirror-stream = continue growing/educating the child.
		
   While growing, deny it independence.
   (parent has r/w, others can see but not touch = no deviation)


hammer pfs-upgrade = hatch the egg, grant adulthood.


HAMMER fs structure - DNA if you will - must be precisely replicated in 
core form before any body-mass (files) save its own 'schema' can be 
added. Notochordata grow the spinal chord, THEN 'bud' the organs. The 
nerve-'tree' remains connected, trunked back to the brain, enforces 
order, reports environment.

Snapshotting, reblocking, pruning are comparable to our nightly sort, 
merge, index, and re-write of short-term memory to long-term memory.

So we're not really growing a Ramphotyphlops here.

We're growing the indexed storage portion and the storage/retrieval 
mechanism  ..... of a brain.

Proven pattern among Odontata, too:

http://ecoevo.uvigo.es/Olalla/index_en.htm

. .. so this file system could live a very, very long time......

Wonder how long before it grows wings....

. ...or an appetite...

:-)

Bill