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This has been bugging me for years....
« on: January 07, 2005, 03:37:23 AM »
On any other platform, a program like Miami, Genesis, AmiTCP or Roadshow would be called a "dialer," because that's what it does.

On any other platform, a program like "Poseidon" would be considered a "USB driver," because that's what it is.

So why, on the Amiga, are these programs called "stacks"?? A stack is a type of memory...so are people trying to tell us that an Internet dialer is a...gawd....type of memory???

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Re: This has been bugging me for years....
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2005, 03:49:49 AM »
Okay, that's all fine and dandy [yes, I know you can use it on DSL and cable, but remember, Miami existed before DSL and cable were available to consumers], but...it still doesn't explain "stack." [Don't ALL programs allocate stack?]
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Re: This has been bugging me for years....
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2005, 03:56:57 AM »
Thanks, odin! That helps with the TCP/IP portion...but that definition doesn't really explain why Poseidon is a "USB stack."
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