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Re: UNIX/Linux text files



On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 08:45, John Hasler wrote:
> Adam Funk quotes:
> > Eric Raymond, "The Art of UNIX Programming", chapter "What UNIX Gets
> > Wrong": "Unix files have no structure above byte level."
> 
> Eric is wrong.  This not a bug.  This is a major feature.

For those of us who are not intimately familiar with both sides of the
argument, could you either explain your statement or provide a link to
some resource which does? You may be entirely correct, however
unsubstantiated assertions are fairly ineffective as a means of
refutation.

-davidc



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