From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 d6afc21d for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:40:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 87AF2A2173; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 06:40:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 380C7A2152; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 06:39:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 67989A216F; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 05:41:51 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 482 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:41:41 AEST Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BDECA216D for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 05:41:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id D593D221C1; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:33:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:33:38 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=serissa.com; h= content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s=fm1; bh=e 9sIl7k5S5CMnkKUdbD1Mo/1BJ6XFLoA7fXT1gDaIpM=; b=tQ70IyY6Vl8PN63eU 3pjo3iJLh+P6UVJi7X9PtXeDiIWBYm53+BKN2xdJJWAjkbWRr3SlxlPclodLjQrt eOt75CR14QrE1hvpB8F9MhE5ec/uJb74Ntmohwobx5IoLYtQEQOsf2+0GOMICJps gPc0rhnz8SkWjfsS5u1cMHTmnWS8iAtpsk4SgRORjaNejOJm8YWQQ8/L58fqu/GP hv7UDVh7DV8NxUcBQPiJWbbCQhPL2E6j8DcvrfXx8lU+XVXqYpPTP8XSHNwOss7s C0rsyiOUX0LiZBFZDhm8grI0ErwNgTueKkkXRYHCs+WSZXP8GcamCuojSiQ9cSPA pkKeA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=e9sIl7k5S5CMnkKUdbD1Mo/1BJ6XFLoA7fXT1gDaI pM=; b=DdDCX8p3HhyY4Lm7rjpevB7dW7SbpcS3/7/VyTv9I21x2Zr5OmWNEoMJb RxibNdTe+5Gt7sh1+H2/Qgqt6kUbnXX/zR2GGmp+TrrPjm5Vs8eC6GMMV0u9G5dJ u2EotaenW6ak1KMoQkdlKU3W5fnIsoyRW6MB+xdlGMlTib47wXe2x7wOVzmCTfJP isYIWxY7UPUmMRsKRVXHKzHc0RfAl2lDtDjIEYlVQ0U4jKp7uW06j8e2RE+YI4u6 8QzLrgEeRdZ9Ni+V2/3Smpyw1gycnIkrVF216I3WDL0onc1ScuX6pliImxNE3JQh Q3ZKoGAzhGJe6KTBLuw0U+aA5dFEw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy: Received: from kailua-display.stewart.org (pool-72-74-174-175.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [72.74.174.175]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 084BC102F2; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:33:38 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) From: Lawrence Stewart In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:33:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <710E5C36-BCDA-4E9F-A54C-D794497DEBA9@serissa.com> References: <20181031043810.GA10775@minnie.tuhs.org> To: Clem Cole , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix APIs: elegant or not? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" My version of this: With JCL, it is as easy to read 1000 tapes as it is to read one tape. For JCL, substitute the all-singing API of your choice. On the other hand you can spend a very long time writing code that = actually responds correctly to all the failure cases in, say, a TCP = stream connection. -L