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Subject: Re: [9fans] Pegasus 2.6 is released
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On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 23:22 +0100, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote:
> But can't you `script' by calling an external program, sending it your
> input, and reading its output?

Well, the way I see it: exec'ing is just a way to get to a transient
channel. Its no different from that very same channel being present
permanently in /srv or /mnt/factotum/rpc. There's *slightly* less
overhead with pipes, but that's about it.

Thanks,
Roman.