Posted by Eeyore on 12/03/07 22:35

Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Don Pearce" wrote ...
> > No it isn't. A file on a disc could be described as imformation that
> > must be taken in sequence, but it is still a file. A data stream is an
> > inexorable flow of data which must be dealt with as it comes.
>
> If you want to use the adjective "real-time" data stream, then I
> would agree with you. Else, there is no temporal requirement
> or implication for a "data stream".
>
> Most modern programming languages ("C" for example)
> only treat input/output data as a stream, there is no "block"
> notion of data. It doesn't matter whether the data is coming
> from a 10-year old disk file or from a real-time ADC. It is
> just a data stream to most software. And that is the way all
> data is processed, even on 64-bit wide CPUs.

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