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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: echo -n
From: "Fco. J. Ballesteros" <nemo@lsub.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:01:01 +0100
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:  I think Plan 9 got it completely right. Being able to push a 0-byte
:  write through the kernel is mighty handy. I got quite annoyed with
:  Unix at various points over the years as I watched "optimizations"
:  gobble up my attempts to get a 0 byte write through the kernel.

Do you remember why you wanted to push a 0-byte write?

thanks