alt Hacker NewsI'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux is in fact not the origin of the "everything is a file". More properly, "everything is a file" is a Unix concept and Unix's creators deserve credit for the idea. Though Plan9 carries it out much better: Unix networking isn't file-based, Plan9's is.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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Plan 9 implements some sort of "everything has a directory entry" concept. Sockets are files already in Unix. "Everything is a file" in Unix means they have a uniform treatment as file descriptors. Its perfection is probably in Capsicum where when you create a new process, you get a process file descriptor referring to it instead of a PID.
did you remember to push your glasses up your nose bridge before writing your comment
While UNIX is famous for everything is a file, in reality this concept is only true in Plan 9, in UNIX IPC not everything is a file.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :)
Not everything is a file, in linux or unix.
I was thinking more along the lines of "what you're referring to as Windows is in fact Copilot/Windows"....