Remove the outdated notion that multithreading doesn't work well on Unices.
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There's no question that the fastest sockets code uses non-blocking sockets and
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There's no question that the fastest sockets code uses non-blocking sockets and
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select to multiplex them. You can put together something that will saturate a
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select to multiplex them. You can put together something that will saturate a
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LAN connection without putting any strain on the CPU. The trouble is that an app
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LAN connection without putting any strain on the CPU.
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written this way can't do much of anything else - it needs to be ready to
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shuffle bytes around at all times.
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Assuming that your app is actually supposed to do something more than that,
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The trouble is that an app written this way can't do much of anything else -
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threading is the optimal solution, (and using non-blocking sockets will be
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it needs to be ready to shuffle bytes around at all times. Assuming that your
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faster than using blocking sockets). Unfortunately, threading support in Unixes
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app is actually supposed to do something more than that, threading is the
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varies both in API and quality. So the normal Unix solution is to fork a
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optimal solution, (and using non-blocking sockets will be faster than using
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subprocess to deal with each connection. The overhead for this is significant
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blocking sockets).
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(and don't do this on Windows - the overhead of process creation is enormous
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there). It also means that unless each subprocess is completely independent,
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you'll need to use another form of IPC, say a pipe, or shared memory and
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semaphores, to communicate between the parent and child processes.
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Finally, remember that even though blocking sockets are somewhat slower than
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Finally, remember that even though blocking sockets are somewhat slower than
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non-blocking, in many cases they are the "right" solution. After all, if your
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non-blocking, in many cases they are the "right" solution. After all, if your
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