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DateTue, 3 Mar 1998 09:09:01 +0000 (GMT/BST)
FromMike Jagdis <>
SubjectRe: LiS
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Fedchenko Andrey (contractor up to 30.03.98 - nick) wrote:

> Can somebody tell me , WHY people no longer interested in STREAMS ?
> I don't believe it's unnecessary!

Because, at least in their common SYSV implementation, it's a
hideous performance sucker. Even the guardians of SYSV, SCO,
have added a syscall that specifically bypasses the STREAMS
stack and pushes data straight into the networking modules.

				Mike

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