Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (MU) 9/23/84; site basser.oz Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!munnari!basser!john 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 Article-I.D.: basser.412 Posted: Sat Aug 17 12:09:15 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:35:33 EDT References: <64@brl-tgr.ARPA> <311@baylor.UUCP> <120@desint.UUCP> <277@kitty.UUCP> <651@psivax.UUCP> Reply-To: john@basser.UUCP (John Mackin) Organization: Dept. of Comp. Science, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Lines: 7 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.