Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 05:37:27 +0100 (BST)

> 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.

Most application programs use sockets and then ran socket over tli emulation
over streams. A few used TLI. TLI was generally so painful that programmers
treated it in the same way most people treat radioactive waste.

The execptions are almost all non IP protocols.

Alan

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