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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Dual Universes
Message-ID: <16026@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 1 May 91 19:40:14 GMT
References: <richard.672629724@fafnir.la.locus.com> <14673@ulysses.att.com> <1991Apr29.222849.7981@ico.isc.com>
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In article <1991Apr29.222849.7981@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>... it'sdistressing to folks who thought V.4 might help simplify things.

But it DOES help simplify things.  Surely it's better to provide a single
kernel mechanism (streams) and provide a socket compatibility library than
to provide just one or the other?  At least they did this right and put
just one mechanism (the more generally useful mechanism) in the kernel.