Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: More questions about TLI Message-ID: <9080@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Dec-87 14:34:58 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.9080 Posted: Wed Dec 9 14:34:58 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 14:34:58 EST References: <8711181601.AA00849@janeb.wisc.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 18 > By creating streams Ritchie basically was expressing the view that > the old interface was inadequate for multiplexed data streams and > protocol stacks. Yes, and you'll notice that the new machinery was a modest extension of the old -- basically the ability to stack line disciplines rather than just choosing one -- rather than a complete re-invention of the wheel. > Now I think streams in Ritchies implementation are okay, I just don't > feel they lend themselves to offloading lower protocol levels to a > network front-end processor... Gee, we're planning to do precisely that using Ritchie streams (not the SysV version, which one of my less diplomatic friends calls "sewers") and we see no significant problems. -- Those who do not understand Unix are | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology condemned to reinvent it, poorly. | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry