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Fco. J. Ballesteros wrote:

> When you say "everything is a file", they get scared.

yes, indeedy. "everything is a file" is a really, really bad thing to
say, I've found.


> 	It's so simple that this probably does not work.

go figure. I get that too.

>
> Simplicity seems to be hard to grasp. And also, most
> people IMHO really forgot unix and what interfaces are
> about.


what a world, what a world.

ron