Not certain, but it's possible /dev/stdin went in first, and /dev/fd/*
generalized it.

-rob


On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 7:35 PM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
>
> > Other mail in the thread credits Tom Duff with /dev/fd ... In any case,
> > /dev/stdin et al was a great idea.
>
> I make *heavy* use of /dev/stdin and /dev/stdout on Linux. Very useful
> concept.
>
> -uso.
>