"You can implement record-based files (RAX, ISAM, etc) on top of stream-based files"
Sure. And we have, many times over. A base implementation that supported fixed and variable records, shared process mmap() access, etc...would have value. And perhaps the kernel being aware of it would have some benefit.
Sure. And we have, many times over. A base implementation that supported fixed and variable records, shared process mmap() access, etc...would have value. And perhaps the kernel being aware of it would have some benefit.