Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA20018; Sun, 14 Jan 96 00:14:07 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA27431; Sun, 14 Jan 96 00:14:10 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA00565; Sun, 14 Jan 1996 00:13:29 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA12881 Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:47:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA12841 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:46:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from chemserv.umd.edu (chemserv.umd.edu [129.2.64.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA12836 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:46:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from espresso.eng.umd.edu (espresso.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.13]) by chemserv.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id XAA08694; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 23:45:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by espresso.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.6.4) id XAA08022; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 23:45:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 23:45:47 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@espresso.eng.umd.edu To: Geoffrey Deasey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streams In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Geoffrey Deasey wrote: > I asked W Richard Stevens why some of the programs in his book > Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment won't compile and he > said that Linux does not have streams. I was not sure what he meant > by that, so does FreeBSD have streams in the same sence of the word ? Nope, but I thought that there was a streams implementation available with at least one version of Linux. I don't run Linux, I wouldn't know which one. > > How about threads, :) Not yet, at least not kernel threads, but there might be a user threads library available in not too very long, folks are working on it. > > --Thanks > > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > FreeBSD / Linux | Netpath, Inc & Stratonet, Inc. | > ------------------+ 2466 Corporation Parkway | > Opinions are mine | Burlington, NC 27215 910-226-0425 | > not theirs +----------------------------------------------+ > > > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: