Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 11:49:33 +0200 From: Thomas Roell <roell@blah.a.isar.de> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert), louie@TransSys.COM, roell@blah.a.isar.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, roell@xinside.com Subject: Re: The F_SETOWN problem.. Message-ID: <199604080949.LAA00311@blah.a.isar.de> In-Reply-To: <199604080223.LAA08178@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199604071939.MAA00383@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199604080223.LAA08178@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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In your message of 8 April 1996 you write: > select() is good for multiplexing, and efficient processing of bulk data. > select() is _bad_ for rapid response to data. > > SIGIO is a convenient (but not necessarily appropriate) alternative that > would be _bad_ for bulk data, but good for handling asynchronous arrival > of exceptional data. Right. But if you look at it, then the amount of exceptional data is extremely small to the amount of normal bulk data. - Thomas -- Denver Office THOMAS ROELL /\ Das Reh springt hoch, +1(303)298-7478 X INSIDE INC / \/\ das Reh springt weit, 1801 Broadway, Suite 1710 / \ \/\ was soll es tun, Denver, CO 80202 roell@xinside.com / Oelch! \ \ es hat ja Zeit.
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