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		drdaeman on Nov 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hierarchical File Systems are Dead No, they can't share leaves. Trees are acyclic by definition - no leaf may have more than one parent. Present-day hierarchical file systems are digraphs, not trees.

techbio on Nov 15, 2010 [–]

Yes, digraphs are much more flexible. Present-day wood trees -really, really cannot- share leaves.

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