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0 pointsenraged_camel13y ago0 comments

>>Yes, for things that are solely within programs themselves you have a point, but we're talking about the operating system here.

I don't think the distinction really matters. In this context, you can think of an operating system as a "master app" that has escalated privileges for things such as root-level access to system functions and the hardware.

>> I mean sure, your program might be the ants pants, but what happens when the user needs to enter data while viewing another document?

This soon won't even be an issue, because the data will not have to be manually transferred between documents by a human user.

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vacri13y ago

Can you really not think of any situation where a person might want to enter data while being able to see another document? Not even a coder looking at a reference guide?

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0 pointsenraged_camel13y ago0 comments

>>Yes, for things that are solely within programs themselves you have a point, but we're talking about the operating system here.

>> I mean sure, your program might be the ants pants, but what happens when the user needs to enter data while viewing another document?

This soon won't even be an issue, because the data will not have to be manually transferred between documents by a human user.

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vacri13y ago

Can you really not think of any situation where a person might want to enter data while being able to see another document? Not even a coder looking at a reference guide?

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