STREAMS query

[Bill Crews]

> There is no requirement that STREAMs must implement a virtual circuit.
> -- 
> 						Douglas H. Price

This seems to be a disagreement upon terminology.  If one must set up a
"session" or "virtual circuit" or whatever before being able to send a
packet to the other end, then it is not a datagram service, even though one
may parcel his byte stream into logical units that one might be tempted to
call "datagrams".  If a circuit must be established, it must also be torn
down.  There is state information that must be considered when either party
vanishes.  Depending upon the implementation, the reestablishment of a
virtual circuit may or may not have a problem due to the continued existence
of an existing one that has yet to be properly shut down.

Could you please state YOUR definition of a stream and of a virtual circuit?
-- 
  /  \    Bill Crews
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  \__/    Austin, Texas

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