>the output is directed to a tty.  A kludge for lazy programmers that
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>just complicates a stdio implementation -- I'm glad that linux leaves
>it out.

Come on, guys.  Give us a break.  If you want people like me to port
software into Linux, you'll implement a system that's as much like a
"generic Unix" as possible.  It's an OS, not a work of art.