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by layoutIfNeeded 2052 days ago
Are you referring to STREAMS? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STREAMS
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Not really, though BPF was sort of a design alternative to Solaris/SVR4 STREAMS. If you follow the cites, BPF is really an evolution of CSPF, the CMU-Stanford Packet Filter. (As I understand it! McCanne could show up at any moment and correct me.)