Inter-machine networking on System V

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <501 at gonzo.UUCP> daveb at gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
>(Actually, a /dev/spx "stream pipe" sometimes exists, but it is
>undocumented and unsupported, I think.  It also isn't bidirectional,
>which is annoying).

I thought it was supposed to be full-duplex; it certainly SHOULD be.
In my opinion, normal pipes should be full-duplex streams.  To heck
with the FIFO compatibility argument.  This could have been fixed
with the release of SVR3, but "compatibility" caused pipes to remain
kludgy.