2 Jul
2011
2 Jul
'11
6:03 a.m.
On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Jim Capp wrote:
2) uniform device handling - Rendering all I/O as a
stream of bytes, without regard to content or record sizes, provided a universal
foundation for data exchange among heterogenous devices.
And before networking, universal name space. Systems prior to this required you have both
a device (aka C: or SYS$HOME:) and a directory. Also, treating everything like a file
meant you can open directories (which also wasn't possible except with special system
calls on other systems).
Warner