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	by cmiller1 860 days ago
	But why would closing a window close the program? If my program has many windows open which big X should close the program? Why shouldn't I be able to run a program without any windows open?

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> If my program has many windows open which big X should close the program?

The last one, obviously.

> Why shouldn't I be able to run a program without any windows open?

Because 99% of the time window IS a program. If a program has no windows, it is a process.

Why should a process and a program be different things? Sounds like an additional abstraction to me