> If told this to my Dad, he'd probably say "buffers don't sound like good ideas then. Why bother? Just put things where there's space in your computer's 'memor

> If told this to my Dad, he'd probably say "buffers don't sound like good ideas then. Why bother? Just put things where there's space in your computer's 'memory'." The SO post missed out one crucial aspect of computers, they're like blind men. If I were filling up a kettle while sporting a blindfold, I wouldn't know when it is full.