Re: OODL: Reaction to Eric's GUI work

[M. Uli Kusterer]

>At 3:05 PM +0100 on 3/2/00, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
>
>>
>> put "hello" after standardOutput
>
>You can't use put with standard output because standard output is NBOT
>seekable, and explaining to users why they can only put to the end of
>standard out is a mess. Write, OTOH, only allows append.

 You have a point there. But for files it'd be OK.

>Besides, as far as Unix is concerned, almost everything is a file. Even
>if stdout goes to a web browser, it's still a file.

 We're trying to be cross platform. Besides, explaining a non-seekable file
is even more awkward than if it's a special keyword like standardOut

Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer

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