RS> If it is so easy...there is no excuse for NOT 
 RS> including a multi-threaded cout and cin for those of 
 RS> use who are new to C++.


DN>What IBM actually deliver is USL iostreams v2.x with only 
DN>minor hacks to support binary handles, no other 
DN>embellishments or changes.

DN>It is fairly clear that IBM have no major plans to support or encourage 
DN>development of text mode apps. 'cout' and 'cin' are of 
DN>course text mode only. Their emphasis is clearly GUI, so I 
DN>would imagine that what you ask may be well the bottom on 
DN>their
DN>priorities list, if indeed it is there at all.

Iostream is File I/O. File I/O is often used in GUI applications,
as well as to access pipes. It isn't always stdin/stdout. If iostreams
does not have multi-threaded versions, it is limiting to GUI
applications, too.

(Also, I don't know how IBM feel about this, but STDIN/STDOUT
(ie cout and cin) can be redirected through a pipe to a PM
application. Is this encouraged by IBM????)

Brian May

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