I agree, but I think we're in the minority. In particular, I miss when you could easily access the sound card through /dev/audio or /dev/dsp. I'm also not eag

I agree, but I think we're in the minority. In particular, I miss when you could easily access the sound card through /dev/audio or /dev/dsp. I'm also not eager to embrace the latest version of a programming language just because it's the latest.