<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:26:04 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199809170025.RAA07538#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.980809214806.7301A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--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:claw#under,engr.sgi.com"> </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="msg01052.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01054.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00609.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00610.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01053">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01053">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01053">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>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:25:52 -0700</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> On Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:49:48 -0700 (MST) Ben Greear<greear#cyberhighway,net> wrote: > It'll be a cold day in Hell when I thread a c++ program, and so I > dearly love my non-blocking IO. I see few multi-processor > machines in my immediate future, and even so, will probably opt to > 'thread' at the process level, think server-clustering or > something :) Don't be so sure. Dual PII machines are now well under US$2K, even with toys. SMP machines are only minorly more expensive to make than mon-processor (compare MB prices for dual MB's to mono, its not much), and given an OS which can drive such a system intelligently (Linux is only partway there due to global kernel locks (this is being handled)) the performance gains can significantly exceed the normal price/performance ratio (depends of course on load). -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01052.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Lockless DB design (was Fw: lurker emerges)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01054.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: The great crusade....</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00610.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01053"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01053"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <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 <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00632" HREF="msg00632.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, 15:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00649" HREF="msg00649.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 03:41 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>