Streams
Input/output to/from programs occurs via streams
- a stream is a sequence of byte data
- can be read-from or written-to depending on mode
All input/output in programs so far ...
- is via standard input/output streams
- keyboard is default standard input stream (
stdin )
- screen is default standard output stream (
stdout )
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stdin /stdout can be connected to files
(using < and > )
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