<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges --> <!--X-From-R13: Hnqvz Fxnpuraxb <igNserrubyq.pebpbqvyr.bet> --> <!--X-Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:05:47 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 35CE7173.7DEEBAEA#freehold,crocodile.org --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199808092232.PAA06611#cashew,snugharbor.com.snugharbor.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00606.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00608.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00599.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00609.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00607">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00607">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00607">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 23:05:07 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> T. Alexander Popiel wrote: [skipped] > You seem to assume that it is impossible for a single thread to keep > even one I/O device continuously busy. Whatever happened to double- > buffering and non-blocking I/O? Has that art actually been lost in > the annals of time? I could be wrong, but I wish it rest in piece - it was a performance tuning nightmare. Either your I/O theread hogs all the resources looping idle, waiting for the input, or it lags because of the wrong priority set or bad timing. For me, the blocking I/O and a possibility to interrupt it (exceptions) is a blessing. Comments, anyone? > - Alex -- Still alive and smile stays on, Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org> -- UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00610" HREF="msg00610.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "T. Alexander Popiel" <popiel#snugharbor,com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00599" HREF="msg00599.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "T. 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Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 17:28 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00593" HREF="msg00593.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 19:43 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00599" HREF="msg00599.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 22:36 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00607" HREF="msg00607.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 04:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 04:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01053" HREF="msg01053.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 17 Sep 1998, 00:26 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00610" HREF="msg00610.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 05:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00611" HREF="msg00611.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 05:23 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>