Speaking of redirection (fwd)

[Oliver Xymoron]

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 00:06:43 -0500
From: Edward A Nilges <unferth at mcs.net>
To: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Speaking of redirection

At 08:53 AM 9/20/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Or to use the < convention for input redirection,
>American Rocket prog  <German Rocket prog.
>The computer analogy is interesting.  Both the outfile and the infile were
>oblivious of where they came from or where they were going respectively.
>The switching is invisible.
>
>								P.

Okay I feel I must jump in here and mention that in object oriented
programming, you would probably overload the < operator, and bind its method
to the data associated with german programmers. However, that's being
subversive. Operating systems tend to reduce everything to data that it
think it knows how to handle "we have ways of dealing with the likes of
you," and that's cuz computers were built to reinforce a most appalling
perception of reality.

Where are our parallel processors?

"We'd lose our grip, mate. Neural nets break the Prozac mold."

Reaching for the Start Menu,
Ed