> Cutler famously disparaged the UNIX kernel (his notable saying was "Get a byte, get a byte, get a byte byte byte" to the tune of the finale of Rossini's Willi

> Cutler famously disparaged the UNIX kernel (his notable saying was "Get a byte, get a byte, get a byte byte byte" to the tune of the finale of Rossini's William Tell Overture). I'm pretty sure that had to be in reference to STREAMS, because the original UNIX I/O model certainly is not byte-oriented. So basically, entirely irrelevant.