Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:34:19 -0600


: If this being the case, then is it not possible to accommodate the
: LiS people by shipping STREAMS with the kernel?
:
: Sure, STREAMS might suck - but thats not a good enough reason to
: exclude it from the kernel if it does indeed provide benefits to a
: non-zero percentage of people.

This is exactly the argument used by middle management at every dieing
Unix vendor for adding one more braindead feature to the kernel. Look
where it got them and think again.

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