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Subject: Re: [9fans] Van Jacobsen's network stack restructure
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results in stuff like /dev/tcp in bash/gawk.
> 
> furthermore, it's not true that you can "just write" to a socket. for instance, udp
> sockets cannot be written to. 
You should be able to write(2) to an UDP socket which
you've connect(2) and bind(2) atleat.