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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.misc |
| Subject | Re: Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput |
| Date | 2026-01-03 21:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10jc2su$1i4ia$4@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <10j5ng8$23rl9$2@dont-email.me> <10jb2qr$14db9$1@dont-email.me> |
On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 12:42:03 +0000, Andy Walker wrote: > The official A68 transput model is really somewhat at odds with > Linux and stream-based transput. It was trying to come up with a common framework for coping with the vagaries of I/O devices in the pre-Unix era. The Unix folks came up with a much simpler model, based around simple streams of arbitrary bytes. Various OS engineers of the time derided it as “inefficient”, but its convenience eventually outweighed all other considerations.
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Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-01 12:58 +0100
Re: Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk> - 2026-01-03 12:42 +0000
Re: Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-03 21:49 +0000
Re: Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-04 14:14 +0100
Re: Algol 68 / Genie - Spacing in standard transput Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-04 14:04 +0100
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