The full stack of terminals explained

(ahmadawais.com)

22 points | by ludicrousdispla 5 hours ago ago

7 comments

  • mkeeter 2 hours ago

    > This is a clean separation, and clean separations are worth noticing. They tend to be load-bearing.

    oh hi Claude

  • suzdude 2 hours ago

    Anyone else get hit by the (now seemingly obvious) kernel --> shell naming while reading this?

  • paulddraper 2 hours ago

    > In POSIX.1-2024, the master side is called “manager” and the slave side is called “subsidiary.”

    Ah, who can forget the manager-subsidiary combo.

  • WD-42 2 hours ago

    > Three names, one thing. That’s why they blur together.

    Stopped reading here. This is an AI article.

    • GlobalChubby an hour ago

      Just to play devil's advocate: why? There's nothing a priori that suggests AI-written content is less pedagogically sound than human written content?

      • WD-42 2 minutes ago

        Because the style is irritating, and as usual: if the author can't be bothered to write it, I can't be bothered to read it.

    • JSR_FDED an hour ago

      Thanks