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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
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