[erlang-questions] Issues with stdin on ports

[Jon Schneider]

> End of file and Control-D are two different things.
> UNIX technically doesn't have a character that signifies end of file.

What's more the connection between ^D (or other programmed characters) and
things they cause such as signals exists in the terminal layer and does
not exist in pipes at all. Or rather _only_ exists in tty devices (and
virtual ones).

Jon