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> passing around all data as text is suboptimal POSIX is not Unix. Passing data around as text is a tenet of the Unix philosophy, while AFAIK POSIX doesn't ma
by 1_player 11y ago
> passing around all data as text is suboptimal
POSIX is not Unix.
Passing data around as text is a tenet of the Unix philosophy, while AFAIK POSIX doesn't mandate any of that.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago> "POSIX is not Unix." "This is just one example of where the old ways aren't necessarily the best."
- danieldk 10y agoActually it does, POSIX also specifies many of the standard (text-based) UNIX utilities: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/contents.html http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/co...