AV> When the pipe() system call was invented (1973), there were no PCs with AV> their shitty DOS.
The pipe system requires a multitasking OS. DOS was single tasking hence the intermediate files when using pipes.
KE>> The only concept of pipes in MSdos was the use of "|". It was KE>> implemented by use of intermediate files.
AV> DOS is dead for over 10 years.
The fossil interface is at least 25 years old, and apparently the software people like to use out of habit or whatever, is as old. The developers passed away or lost their interest in Fidonet and many did not release their source code or lost their source code due to unexpected circumstances.
When people lose their interest in Fidonet, they really do not care anymore, look in the nodelist, there are so many now disfunctional entries from people who apparently left Fidonet, otherwise they would have made sure their nodelist entries would present functional connection information.
Kees
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