Rob Pike writes:
Always bemused me that to get a named local I/O
connection one ended up with "Unix domain (what does that even mean?) sockets"
rather than named pipes, especially since sockets are about as natural a Unix concept as
lawn mowers.
I love my Unix lawn mower. The great thing about it is that I don't need a separate
lawn mower for each type of grass, and that I can hook things like mulchers up using
a pipe.
Jon