alt Hacker NewsAn user-space filesystem running in an interpreted language? Is that as bad as I think it is?
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heavyset_go • 10/12/2024
No, you will spend the majority of your time waiting on IO.
An user-space filesystem running in an interpreted language? Is that as bad as I think it is?
No, you will spend the majority of your time waiting on IO.
Imagine you want to glue together something to use with a syncing tool. ~100 lines of python can turn data from one format into a presented set of files. The application doesn't have to be a general purpose filesystem.
e.g. https://github.com/UNFmontreal/zfs_fuse_snapshot/blob/master...