Subj : Re: Evolution of a Progr
To   : Grymmjack
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jun 27 2005 09:40 am

  Re: Re: Evolution of a Progr
  By: Grymmjack to Deuce on Sun Jun 26 2005 22:53:00

 > i read somewhere that every device and stream (i guess i/o would 
 > qualify there) in *nix os' is handled in the file system.

Essentially, yes.  

The unix philosophy has each device driver emulate a file on disk.  This 
rationalizes the interface to all devices.  There are advantages and 
disadvantages to this.

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