> +1.  There are many reasons to prefer streaming implementations.  It is also 
> possible to write high-level APIs with relatively simple interfaces that use 
> streaming behind the scenes.  The fact that this is not always done is not a 
> good argument against providing robust streaming APIs.  In fact, it should be 
> considered a challenge to improve the state of the art.
> 

What advantage? Streaming IO is a pain in the ****. I never got what people 
like at this stuff - Even in my windows days I always used the much better 
memory mapped file IO. Is streaming IO some kind of C/C++ sickness like macros 
and templates?

greets, Jan
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