On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:08 -0700, Craig Latta <craig at netjam.org> wrote:

>       Yes. As far as using streams as an example, I never understood why  
> support for write-only streams was ever needed. What's wrong with just  
> assuming all streams are readable?

Not all streams =are= readable. I'm not sure that's a serious problem, but  
it is a reality.