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		kragen on July 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Database as Filesystem [video] Interesting, why is their use discouraged? Because Jim Gray’s sailboat sank?

the8472 on July 10, 2019 [–]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/deprec...

kragen on July 10, 2019 | [–]

This just says that since nobody uses it they might delete it, but it doesn't explain why nobody uses it. Presumably because it doesn't work well or is hard to use, but which, and how?

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