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Many of the things that could be files not being files is because someone messed up. Why are network interfaces not in /dev? Well, during the UNIX wars, every v
by ahartmetz 6y ago
Many of the things that could be files not being files is because someone messed up. Why are network interfaces not in /dev? Well, during the UNIX wars, every vendor came up with their own stuff, and much of it wasn't very good. BSD and Linux inherited some of these needless inconsistencies.
Plan 9 is a much more UNIXy system than the dominant UNIX derivatives.