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If "everything are files", then the whole concept of "file" is completely meaningless.
by jpr 16y ago
If "everything are files", then the whole concept of "file" is completely meaningless.
- mpk 16y agoWelcome to unix. Enjoy your stay!
- arctangent 16y agoNot really. It's a completely different statement than "everything is rocks". If everything is a file then everything shares properties common to files. It turns out that this is really useful. If everything were a rock then... well, let's say that it would not be so useful :-)