I can see a need to keep the sys* functions (and perhaps add more.)
When the coding is at a high level, some simple things become impossible.
Many years ago, I read through the volumes on the Apple Toolbox. I don't
recall much, but I do recall what seemed to be an effort on the designers
part t
> If it is possible to get both the higher level and the lower level
> implementation layers to be active at the same time would be great.
>
> But don't lose the access to the bare metal.
Sorry, looks like I should have included an example on sysopen():
# Open files like sysopen()
$fo = o