Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:29:32 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: deasey@server1.netpath.net (Geoffrey Deasey) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streams Message-ID: <199601160659.RAA28354@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960112174704.3462A-100000@server1.netpath.net> from "Geoffrey Deasey" at Jan 12, 96 05:50:01 pm
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Geoffrey Deasey stands accused of saying: > > I asked W Richard Stevens why some of the programs in his book > Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment won't compile and he > said that Linux does not have streams. I was not sure what he meant > by that, so does FreeBSD have streams in the same sence of the word ? No, 'streams' is a SysV thing. You'll notice that he goes to considerable lengths to explain the differences between BSD and SysV-style operating systems, and to point out that only the latter has 'streams'. > How about threads, :) There's a pile of threading stuff coming to FreeBSD RSN. > Jeff -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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