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Re: the registry

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bob wrote:

> Why is it that computer science classes never talk about the registry? 
> (like the Windows registry)

There are plenty important things which are left out of any curriculum, due 
to limits such as time constraints.  Therefore, if important things are left 
out then unimportant things, such as the windows registry, are naturally 
left out as well.


> Also, is there a registry equivalent on Mac and Linux?

In unix-like OSs, there is a tradition of storing config information in 
config files stored in some points in the file system.  A typical approach 
is to use the /etc directory to store config files that set default options 
which are shared system-wide while storing in the user's home directory the 
config files which are used to set options specific to each user.  

In spite of this approach, some applicaitons have also implemented a 
registry of sorts, such as GNOME's Gconf and Gsettings.


Rui Maciel

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