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    18     18    * scripts. so far so good.
    19     19    *
    20     20    * except unix  has two distinctly different  concepts of
    21     21    * IO. there's POSIX IO, and then there's libc IO.
    22     22    *
    23     23    * POSIX IO  uses the  shit in <fcntl.h>  and <unistd.h>;
    24     24    * syscalls  like read(2),  write(2), and  pipe(2) -  the
    25         - * good, simple  shit God made  unix for. this  is really
    26         - * bare-metal; these are basically C wrappers over kernel
    27         - * syscalls.  POSIX  IO  uses  plain  old  ints  as  file
    28         - * descriptors, and it doesn't  fuck around. when you say
    29         - * "write," god dammit, it WRITES.
           25  + * good,  simple shit the Gods gave us unix for.  this is
           26  + * really bare-metal; these are basically C wrappers over
           27  + * kernel syscalls.  POSIX IO  uses  plain  old  ints  as
           28  + * file descriptors, and it doesn't fuck around. when you
           29  + * say "write," goddammit, it WRITES.
    30     30    *
    31     31    * libc  is a  very different  beast. libc  has opinions.
    32     32    * libc has abstractions. libc has its own entire goddamn
    33     33    * DSL  by  which  to  specify  format  strings,  because
    34     34    * apparently  someone felt  called  to reinvent  FORTRAN
    35     35    * except worse.  printf(), you know, the  first function
    36     36    * they  ever teach  you  in  C 101?  (more  like CS  403