why mknod() ??

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hey guys,
i have a question silly question :

as we can create the simple files with open,creat and for directories there is mkdir  system calls.
so what is the need of mknod() to create special files and as well as " ordinary files" ?
why can't  we wrap the special file building code in one of  open,creat or mkdir system calls?

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