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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by pjmlp on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:46AM (#24893711)
> Unix was really well-designed,

Not really, it is just a pile of hacks on top of hacks, starting by everything is a file until one needs to use sockets.

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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by akvadrako on Monday October 26, 2020 @01:07PM (#24898437)
Unix is what you get by usually applying the "worse is better" philosophy.
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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by pjmlp on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:48PM (#24900496)
And having free source code available on tapes for universities, without which would never taken off.
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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by utxaa on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:02PM (#24902026)
what isn't a pile of hacks?
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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by jacob019 on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:12AM (#24904441)
unix sockets are files
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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by pjmlp on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @01:38AM (#24904734)
Try to open() a socket.
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