From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5a8d9ec3 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E68A39BD21; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:31:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF5199BCC9; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:31:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4852F9BCC9; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:31:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CE0A9BC99 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:31:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 7EBE935E0A8; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:31:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:31:40 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Clem Cole Message-ID: <20190828143140.GU13570@mcvoy.com> References: <20190827024511.GU13570@mcvoy.com> <20190827145556.GD13570@mcvoy.com> <20190827224002.GB15511@mcvoy.com> <20190827225955.GC15511@mcvoy.com> <20190828040540.GT13570@mcvoy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] If not Linux, then what? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 09:52:42AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:06 AM Larry McVoy wrote: > > > I could be wrong but that's my memory. What he told me was streams was > > for line disciplines for tty drivers. > > > > Rob - this syncs with what Dennis I had talked about too *i.e.* Using > streams for the serial interface; as the line disciplines stuff was a mess > by that point. I cannt say I remember talking to him about using streams > for networking. If my memory is right, I would have talked to Dennis about it around 1987 or early 1988. Is it possible that was before they did networking in streams? Maybe I have the dates wrong but my guess is I talked to him about it before the networking stuff was done in research Unix. So his view may have evolved.