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Re:Why do our programs need to read input and write output? by Etheryte on Sunday October 08, 2017 @05:18AM (#15427536)
Perhaps I simply didn't understand the argument, but doesn't this simply move reading and writing to a different abstraction? Perhaps someone can reword the author's point, I feel like I'm missing something here.
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Re:Why do our programs need to read input and write output? by qbrass on Sunday October 08, 2017 @11:20AM (#15428520)
He just described batch processing like it was a new thing.
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Re:Why do our programs need to read input and write output? by tome on Sunday October 08, 2017 @02:45PM (#15429380)
What part of the article makes you think the author believes he's describing something new?
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Re:Why do our programs need to read input and write output? by qbrass on Sunday October 08, 2017 @10:15PM (#15431172)
The lack of any acknowledgement that it had been done before.

If you were trying to convince someone your concept is possible, wouldn't you point to an already existing example of it if you could?

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