C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not a particularly useful question, but I am curious - how serious is > the collision conceptually between Gray Streams and Simple Streams? Is > one a special case of the other, for example? (I.e. could Simple > Streams be regarded as a special case layer on top of Gray Streams, or > doesn't that make sense?)
I think they take different approaches, where both have advantages and disadvantages in certain applications. For example, I think Simple streams have a good interface for dealing with common byte-based operations like reading files, compressed data, encrypted bits, etc. Gray streams take more of an abstract approach, so that a stream of objects, say, being sent to a graphics engine for display, fits better in the Gray streams model IMHO. You might be able to define one in terms of the other, but then you would not have a `true' Gray stream or Simple stream implementation, as both define what the fundamental objects are and how they interact with ANSI lisps stream substrate. What would result, I think, is a `best of both worlds' model. Some interesting comments were made about the issues involved here: http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/streams-standard-discuss/2004-September.txt Take care, Steve _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
