From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 11:32:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA06894 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:32:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06475 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:27:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA10655; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:24:51 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:24:51 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9601191924.AA10655@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Marty Leisner" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streams In-Reply-To: <9601191858.AA19660@gnu.mc.xerox.com> References: <9601191858.AA19660@gnu.mc.xerox.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Well, even though streams is a SysVism, its one of the things that > others picked up (i.e. sunos). > Many drivers are written for streams...there was a linux project > (I understand on hold) to move streams into linux... > It probably is advantageous to support streams... It is well-known to be disadvantageous to actually /use/ streams. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant