Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation | Date | Sun, 20 Sep 1998 05:37:27 +0100 (BST) |
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> A few years ago, it seemed lots of applications needed STREAMS. I've > asked around recently with various vendors and people I know, and > most seem to have gone the socket way by now. > > I don't think STREAMS should be excluded on these grounds alone, but > it does only seem useful for making legacy code run.
Most application programs use sockets and then ran socket over tli emulation over streams. A few used TLI. TLI was generally so painful that programmers treated it in the same way most people treat radioactive waste.
The execptions are almost all non IP protocols.
Alan
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