Folding a Tree into a Map
Victor Yodaiken · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2015
Analysis of the retrieval architecture of the highly influential UNIX file system (\cite{Ritchie}\cite{multicsfs}) provides insight into design methods, constraints, and possible alternatives. The basic architecture can be understood in terms of function composition and recursion by anyone with some mathematical maturity. Expertise in operating system coding or in any specialized "formal method" is not required.