*terminal-io*

[sandra%utah-orion@utah-cs.arpa (Sandra J Loosemore)]

CLtL specifies that *standard-input*, *standard-output*, and friends should
initially be bound to synonym streams that pass everything on to *terminal-io*.
In the very next paragraph (p329), however, it says that the value of
*terminal-io* should never be changed.  What is the point of introducing the
extra level of indirection?  Is there some reason why *standard-input*
couldn't be initialized to the same stream as *terminal-io*?

-Sandra
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