I have to disagree with you with regards to write(). The write(2) man page is deceptively simple, check out open(2), specifically the NOTES section. I count 12

I have to disagree with you with regards to write(). The write(2) man page is deceptively simple, check out open(2), specifically the NOTES section. I count 12 occurrences of the string "NFS". My favorite part of the whole man page is the Linus quote: "The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole interface is just stupid, and was probably designed by a deranged monkey on some serious mind-con- trolling substances." -- Linus But thats not a language failing. A language that actually prevents you from writing complicated interfaces is probably entirely unsuitable for... almost anything.