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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Inter-machine networking on System V
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Date: 8 Feb 89 20:37:48 GMT
References: <446@thirdi.UUCP> <11181@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <501@gonzo.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
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In article <501@gonzo.UUCP> daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
>(Actually, a /dev/spx "stream pipe" sometimes exists, but it is
>undocumented and unsupported, I think.  It also isn't bidirectional,
>which is annoying).

I thought it was supposed to be full-duplex; it certainly SHOULD be.
In my opinion, normal pipes should be full-duplex streams.  To heck
with the FIFO compatibility argument.  This could have been fixed
with the release of SVR3, but "compatibility" caused pipes to remain
kludgy.