>It's often hard to remember how ugly something is once you're used to it.

True.  Cuts both ways, though.

>I don't actually know much about STREAMS.  The SYSV IPC stuff is admittedly
>utterly unthinkable.  Ugh.  On the other hand, look at csh.  Look at specially
>named files like "myname" and "mygate".

No disagreement over myname and mygate. I've been wanting to rework
/etc/netstart (and its config files) into an /etc/rc.if (bring up
interfaces), a` la sunos, for years.

Streams?  Well, it just doesnt mean the same thing when shouted.;-)