Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.lan Subject: Re: STREAMS query Message-ID: <1699@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 17:25:11 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1699 Posted: Tue Sep 24 17:25:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 07:52:17 EDT References: <471@enmasse.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:15007 net.lan:1039 > A while ago, I saw some trade press announcements about AT&T providing > a "streams" interface for networking sometime early '86. More recently > I've seen press about a working network file system (distinct from NFS) > using "streams". > > My question is -- what are they? Can anyone direct me to accurate > descriptions of interfaces, functionality, etc.? (Are they out yet?) > I've seen the October 1984 BSTJ, with an article by Dennis Ritchie about > them (focused on terminal operations). Do they provide the same > functionality that Berkeley sockets do? Is there any hot gossip? So read the article! Streams are different from sockets and more generally useful. Rumor has it that UNIX System V Release 3 (perhaps available Jan. 1986) will include stream i/o, but only in support of networking and not in place of other character i/o. That's too bad; terminal handling in particular can benefit greatly from stream i/o. If anyone wants to spread a more accurate rumor, please do so. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com