> In my opinion, the real problem is the idea that "everything is a file". Files are just an indexed list of bytes that can represent anything. Think of them a

> In my opinion, the real problem is the idea that "everything is a file". Files are just an indexed list of bytes that can represent anything. Think of them as objects. > Byte streams aren't a very useful abstraction. "Everything is a stream of messages" would be a far better base metaphor for computing. I don't understand this. A stream of messages is a stream of bytes. Its bytes all the way down.