Yes, good point. Though text streams are still valid nowadays too, it just depends on the usage and context, whether they are that useful or not. I've seen the

Yes, good point. Though text streams are still valid nowadays too, it just depends on the usage and context, whether they are that useful or not. I've seen the discussions on HN about Unix text streams vs. JSON or vs. Powershell piping objects, etc. I do know about the background of the early Unix people and the initial uses to which it was put, having read about that.