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From: john@basser.oz (John Mackin)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Accusing Bell of NIH (formerly Re: useless digest reference)
Message-ID: <412@basser.oz>
Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 12:09:15 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 17 12:09:15 1985
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Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Univ. of Sydney, Australia
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Summary: A Rational System... the 8th Edition!

In article <651@psivax.UUCP> friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:

> 	Gee, what a choice, the inflxibility of V7 ioctl or the
> overweaning complexity of Sys3/5 ioctl! Someone *please* implement
> a rational system.

They have, it's called a "stream".  See the October 1984 BSTJ.