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@atzanteol@sh.itjust.works

2026-10-28 02:01 UTC

You’re allowed to have programs whose job is to coordinate other programs. Sure - it’s just not always a good idea. Would you want to copy your buffer to a dozen different applications applying filters to an image?

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  • @jdr@lemmy.ml 2026-10-28 08:33

    It means that you don’t have to fix the set of capabilities at the time you make the program. This is how plugins work. And there’s no need to copy, sharing memory between processes is easy.

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