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Re:Software reuse is more like an organ transplant than snap... by shadowgovt on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:02PM (#23636458)
The pipe is itself a huge abstraction. If you need proof, read the implementation. Buffering, open vs closed, process suspension when the pipe is empty and resumption when there is data... Pipes hide a lot of complexity under the hood, even as simple as they are.
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Re:Software reuse is more like an organ transplant than snap... by teddyh on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:05AM (#23637693)
The pipe abstracts the transfer of data, not the data being transferred.
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