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SubjectRe: What do you think of STREAMS?
On Tue, 13 May 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:

> Now that there is a GPL'ed STREAMS package available (albeit for
> 2.0.29) which is being actively maintained, isn't it time for STREAMS to
> be integrated into the base system? I seem to remember Linus objecting
> to this but can remember why - heck, if it is just a compile time
> option, or even better a loadable module why should Linux be deprived of
> such a nice framework?

Well, firstly I suspect that many people are going to tell you
that it *isn't* a nice framework and secondly because it is *only*
useful if you have a whole load of STREAMS modules and drivers
that exactly mimic the structure and protocols used in SYSV stacks.

Mike

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