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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:59:07 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        nathan@rtfm.net, tom@uniserve.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Non-Posixly Correct pipe() and socketpair()
Message-ID:  <199801100459.PAA04265@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>  I don't think anything depends on this behaviour.  John Dyson
>implemented new faster pipe code that is used for all types of pipes.

Actually, it is only used for nameless pipes.

>Basically all pipes are the same (again this is only freebsd-current, I
>believe).  I like the idea that all pipes are the same.

Named pipes are a little different semantically as well as being 2-3
times as slow as nameless pipes.

Bruce



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