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		chris37879 on May 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything you ever wanted to know about terminals I can think of a use case or 2. Thermal printers (for those wanting old timey unix line printing interfaces) or e-ink displays in console mode.

duskwuff on May 20, 2022 [–]

The joke in SPQR is the name -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR

The functionality is legitimate (although I doubt anyone uses it), but the name is pure silliness -- much like the PowerPC "eieio" instruction.

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