On 21.02.2006, at 19:32, Chris Muller wrote:

>> note that fastSocket stream is in 3.9 now under the
>> Socket name!
>
> Huh?  FastSocketStream was renamed to Socket?  What of
> the 3.8 Socket?


FastSocketStream replaced SocketStream... many (if not all) serious  
users (e.g. from the
Seaside community) were using FastSocketStream already for some time  
and they reported positive results.

The description on SqueakMap:

      FastSocketStream is a reimplementation of SocketStream - the  
class that originates from the original
      Comanche implementation but now is included in standard Squeak.  
FSS has the same protocol as
      SS and is meant to replace it. FSS is much faster, more  
flexible, is better documented and adds a few features.

The switch was done early in 3.9a (Aug 05) and there have been no  
problems reported. The 3.8.1
team just decided to do the same, so in 3.8.1 SocketStream will use  
the FastSocketStream
implementation, too.

        Marcus