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Come on, this is a straw man argument. That function was built for a specific purpose, and the fact you had to hunt for it means its not meant for general purpose use.

Besides which, this statement is just inflammatory:

"In true POSIX fashion they are close to useless."

The straw man does not support the conclusion .. POSIX is full of utility.




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