Separate textual/binary ports vs. mixed ports

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Daniel Krueger <keen...@googlemail.com> skribis:

> In the first place I agree that ports should be seperated and not
> mixed textual/binary

Why?

(I understand how this would work in terms of APIs & co., I’m just
unsure what the rationale is.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.