> For example, when they are composed by multiple parts and give the filename for further processing via IPC Of course, the proper way to do this in POSIX is t

> For example, when they are composed by multiple parts and give the filename for further processing via IPC Of course, the proper way to do this in POSIX is to pass the filehandle. POSIX is actually a pretty cool standard; the sad thing is that one doesn't often see good examples of its capabilities being used to their full extent. For this, I primarily blame C: it's so verbose and has such limited facilities for abstraction that it's often difficult to see the forest for the trees. Combine that with a generation of folks whose knowledge of C dates back to a college course or four, in which efficient POSIX usage may not have been a concern, and one finds good, easy-to-read examples of POSIX harder to find than they really should be.