Benefits of STREAMS
STREAMS provides the following benefits:
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A flexible, portable, and reusable set of tools
for development of UNIX system communication services.
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Easy creation of modules that offer standard
data communications services and the ability to manipulate
those modules on a Stream.
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From user level, modules can be dynamically selected and interconnected;
kernel programming, assembly, and link editing are not required to create the
interconnection.
STREAMS also greatly simplifies the user interface for languages
that have complex input and output requirements.
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