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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Can 'graphics' be a file descriptor?
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:06:31 -0800
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wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2025-01-01 at 14:33 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> writes:
>> > On Wed, 2025-01-01 at 01:29 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> [...]
>> > > A file *descriptor* is a small integer referring to some file-like
>> > > entity, used with open/close/read/write.  There's no such thing in
>> > > standard C; it's a POSIX concept.
>> [...]
>> > I would like to have opinions about the idea "graphics being a file
>> > descriptor".  The implement is irrevent for the discussion. Some
>> > imagination is required.
>> 
>> Why do you insist on referring to "file descriptors"?  That's a specific
>> term with a specific meaning: a small integer value used in POSIX I/O
>> (not in standard C).
>
> I do not insist anything. I would just like to have an opinion on the idea 
> "graphics being a file descriptor".

So you insist on talking about "file descriptors".

Standard C doesn't have file descriptors.  Consider discussing this in
comp.unix.programmer.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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