Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:49:02 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: wollman@lcs.mit.edu, leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: streams Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960120164217.2896A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199601202109.OAA12171@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > It is well-known to be disadvantageous to actually /use/ streams. > > > > Garrett, I originated this stream, asking Mike Smith if he knew of any > > streams-negativisms. Sounds like you do, would you care to amplify? I'm > > really curious, because they seem like (to me) an analog to stackable > > filesystems, for character io. Why not? > > Garrett will probably answer too, but your analogy fails. Terry, I lifted that analogy from Heidemann's paper, where he draws it. He's the author of stackable FSs. Besides, I think you take the analogy too far; any analogy, if taken far enough, fails. >From Garrett's comments and yours, and they make sense, using streams for a basis of networking is _bad_. OK, but if I was proposing a streams interface for character io only (maybe including ppp), would your comments still be accurate? [comments regarding using streams for networking deleted] > > So the primary utility for streams is for use of stack drivers from > commercial sources and for the simplified developement environment > (justified if you consider Streams stacks to be prototypes rather > than production code. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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