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		MindTwister on March 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft reveals its server designs and releases ... ...but, why would you need it? Once your path gets longer, aren't your essentially just stuffing your file name with metadata which should belong in the file in the first place?

nawitus on March 12, 2014 [–]

Wow, surprised at -4 downvotes. Handling long paths is necessary when working with Node.js, for example.

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