On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 11:18 PM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:

> STREAMS was the Unix support group's shouty adaptation. The V8 one that
> dmr put together was the gentler dulcet-toned Streams.
>
> Seriously, no one could figure out why they wanted to yell.
>

I always supposed it was a trademark (like UNIX), or at least was intended
to be one.