“The main reason there are no raw devices [in Linux] is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.”

— Linus Torvalds

Message, linux-kernel mailing list, 1996-10-17, IU, Torvalds, Linus, 2017-04-25 http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610.2/0030.html, <br class="br">1990s, 1995-99

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