Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:54:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Sterrett <sterrett@cts.com> To: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: STREAMS Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.91.960625115311.6755C-100000@crash.cts.com> In-Reply-To: <199606251656.QAA01452@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, James Raynard wrote: > > I know this question is in bad taste but, is their anybody > > working on SYS V like STREAMS in the BSD world. > > Well, it's on the wishlist, although at a fairly low priority. I have > actually heard of a company doing an in-house FreeBSD emulation of > streams, in user-land, so that's certainly possible. (No, I don't know > if they're prepared to make it available). > A "real" SVR4-style kernel implementation would be a lot of work, > though. Well a task is half done once it is begun. > > > I'm a BSD programmer, however I like the STREAMS model. > > I've never used it myself, but I can see it having some advantages (as > well as some disadvantages, which we'll no doubt soon hear about 8-) > > -- > James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland > james@jraynard.demon.co.uk >
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