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Given that a lot of the code in question seems to be related to SCSI, I wonder how much the shape of such code is effectively mandated by the SCSI standards, and how much is left up to the imagination of the programmer?

After all, if the standards effectively say "Do this, this and this" it would hardly be surprising if different implementations end up looking similar.

It's like that with electronic components. The data sheets say "lay out your board like this". Guess what - every board using that component ends up looking very similar.

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