From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 30 20:53:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA05666 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 20:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cypher.net (black@zen.pratt.edu [205.232.115.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA05655 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 20:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from black@localhost) by cypher.net (8.8.5/8.7.1) id XAA15744; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:55:23 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:55:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Black To: Chuck Robey cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sfio In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. 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 > 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! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >