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Date:      Tue, 1 Jul 1997 00:09:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sfio
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970701000915.7038g-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970630235417.15630A-100000@zen.cypher.net>

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On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Ben Black wrote:

> as i said, *looks* like a valuable replacement.  i think it is worth 
> investigating further.  my experience has been it is faster than stdio.  
> also, the sfdesc library is *very* nice.

I'm just wary of exchanging a knows set of bugs for an unknown set.  If
you have comments on it, I'd be really interested in that.

> 
> On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Ben Black wrote:
> > 
> > > has anyone played with sfio?  it looks like a valuable replacement for 
> > > stdio...
> > > 
> > > http://www.oasis.leo.org/perl/src/independent/sfio.dsc.html
> > > 
> > 
> > Nice to look at, but for something that's so very pivotally important to
> > nearly everything, I think some more experience with it is needed.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> > Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
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> 
> 

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Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
chuckr@eng.umd.edu          | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD
(301) 220-2114              | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN!
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