Not the author but I recommend: "What UNIX cost us" by Benno Rice: https://youtu.be/9-IWMbJXoLM?si=3c0YkPtfAJHWB_Q- https://youtu.be/9-IWMbJXoLM?si=3c0YkPtfAJHW

Not the author but I recommend: "What UNIX cost us" by Benno Rice: https://youtu.be/9-IWMbJXoLM?si=3c0YkPtfAJHWB_Q- https://youtu.be/9-IWMbJXoLM?si=3c0YkPtfAJHWB_Q- In fact, this video argues that file descriptors are not as good as the author claims in their opening paragraph. They are another runaway idiosyncrasy borne out of the "everything is a file (but not really)" philosophy that underpins Linux.