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   by astrobe_ 15y ago

   The philosophy is that everything "looks like" a file, and this achieved through the standard file API (open/read/write/close). AFAIK sockets can be used with this API, as well as directories under Linux. The abstraction leaks quite a littl
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   by astrobe_ 15y ago

   Why not just use an IDE if you want IDE features? Because Emacs is more general purpose and more flexible.