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Subject: Re: [9fans] new compilers
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:24:44 -0500
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> It did occur to me one could have:
>
> 	echo 10 oranges > /dev/apple-count
> 	echo: write failed: inapropriate fruit

This gets a lot harder when the data is just
space-separated decimal numbers.  For example,
bind /net/tcp /proc; ps.

Russ