Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:08:35 -0600


Ted said:
: >>> Does anyone know of any significant base of application code that
: >>> really does use Streams instead of a BSD Sockets-type interface?

Albert said:
: >> AFAIK it is used by boring business software. It's the stuff people
: >> might need, not the stuff people have fun with. Software that runs
: >> on gross systems like SCO OpenServer could be ported to Linux.

I said:
: > This doesn't answer the question. Please list by name the software
: > applications (not counting drivers) which use STREAMS. Thanks.

Albert said:
: You trimmed "(so don't expect to find free source code)", which was
: rather important. I have heard Sybase requires STREAMS though.
: Gee, maybe that's why Sybase still hasn't been ported to Linux.
: Every other database vendor did, except Microsoft and (maybe) IBM.

I'll ask again: please list by name the applications that are /known/ to
need STREAMS. Don't reply to my posting, tone, etc. Don't editorialize.
Don't do anything except list the applications which need STREAMS.
And don't list any TLI/drivers/etc, just applications that need
push/getmsg/etc.

We've eaten up tons of bandwidth on this issue over and over and nobody
has listed the apps that needs this other than Netware. Either come up
with a complelling list, or drop it. Please.

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