Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:34:46 +1200

On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 05:22:38AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Although, I think we are still waiting on _necessary_ uses of
> > STREAMS other than Netware aren't we?
>
> You shouldnt be suprised by that 8)

Actually - I am a little.

A few years ago, it seemed lots of applications needed STREAMS. I've
asked around recently with various vendors and people I know, and
most seem to have gone the socket way by now.

I don't think STREAMS should be excluded on these grounds alone, but
it does only seem useful for making legacy code run.

-cw

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