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   On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 02:14:17 -0500   
   Rod Pemberton  wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:07:31 GMT   
   > scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:   
   >   
   > > >Regardless, would you expect a C library to have different paths   
   > > >for dealing with block devices vs character devices?   
   > >   
   > > The entire point of Unix was to treat all files as simple streams   
   > > of bytes.   
   >   
   > In general, I'd agree with you that Unix "treat[s] all files as simple   
   > streams of bytes" as a matter of Unix design philosophy.   
      
   Oh, I said "in general" because I think the Unix concept was   
   "Everything is a file," whereas C's concept is that every C object maps   
   onto a sequence of contiguous C bytes.  I.e., it seems as if you've   
   merged or conflated the two concepts into one.   
      
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