which is "better" - /dev/fd or FIFO

[tech-lists]

Hi,

Some ports, notably shells/bash, have a makeoptions config where you can
select "enable use of /dev/fd". But there's no explanation given why
this is advantageous or not, or if there's some kind of risk, in a
freebsd context [1]. It's not enabled by default. Please can anyone explain?

[1] stable/13-n244509-538a81520b5 arm64 rpi4/8GB

thanks,

-- 
J.
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