some problems for an introductory python test

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-08-12, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Windows never had filesystems that supported metadata like OS/2 and
>> MacOS did. The registry was an ugly hack that attempted (very poorly)
>> to make up for that lack of metadata.
>> 
> FYI, NTFS does support Alternate Data Streams.

That is interesting -- and it was apparently intended to provide some
sort of compatibility with MacOS data fork and resource
fork. According to one article I found, nobody ever seems to have put
that NTFS feature to use for anything other than hiding malware.

--
Grant