<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 -->
<!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers -->
<!--X-From-R13: "Oqnz X. Fubeagba" <nqnzNcubravk.Bevaprgba.SRG> -->
<!--X-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:55:16 -0800 -->
<!--X-Message-Id: 19990120125400.B24323#flagstaff,Princeton.EDU -->
<!--X-Content-Type: text/plain -->
<!--X-Reference: 005f01be4497$f85c1f90$55e5edd0@dev-18.chilisoft.com -->
<!--X-Head-End-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</title>
<!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" -->
<link rev="made" href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">
</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="msg00226.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg00228.html">Next</a>
]
Thread:
[ <a href="msg00226.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg00224.html">Next</a>
]
Index:
[ <A HREF="author.html#00227">Author</A>
| <A HREF="#00227">Date</A>
| <A HREF="thread.html#00227">Thread</A>
]
<!--X-TopPNI-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-->
<!--X-Subject-Header-Begin-->
<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</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: Sockets and fibers</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:54:00 -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>
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 09:11:06AM -0800, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> Has anyone here looked at the possibilities of spawning a single thread
> which handles sockets and then using Microsoft's "fibers" to handle
> individual sockets? How much of the one-thread-per-socket problem would be
> solved by this? With the speed of modern computers, what are the real
> problems with just serialising the socket handling -- one thread with all
> the sockets, servicing each socket in turn for some small time slice?
>
> Yes, I know, writing MUD servers under Windows is Bad. Granted. All the
> same. ;)
How would this differ from a poll-and-select() model under a Real OS?
I suppose this really turns into a request about what a fiber is.
Adam
--
adam#princeton,edu
"There's a border to somewhere waiting, and a tank full of time." - J. Steinman
</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="00225" HREF="msg00225.html">[MUD-Dev] Sockets and fibers</A></STRONG>
<UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Caliban Tiresias Darklock" <caliban#darklock,com></LI></UL></LI>
</UL></LI></UL>
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<UL>
<LI>Prev by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00226.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00228.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Prev by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00226.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00224.html">[MUD-Dev] Graphic design doc</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Index(es):
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index.html#00227"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="thread.html#00227"><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: Sockets and fibers</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
<ul compact>
<ul compact>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 25 Jan 1999, 02:00 GMT
</LI>
</ul>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#oldzoom,bga.com">cat#oldzoom,bga.com</a>, Tue 26 Jan 1999, 21:56 GMT
</LI>
</ul>
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00225" HREF="msg00225.html">[MUD-Dev] Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 17:15 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00226" HREF="msg00226.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 17:26 GMT
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00227" HREF="msg00227.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Sockets and fibers</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 17:55 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00224" HREF="msg00224.html">[MUD-Dev] Graphic design doc</A></strong>,
Thinus Barnard <a href="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 16:29 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00220" HREF="msg00220.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: List server and Kanga.Nu host changes</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 05:31 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00216" HREF="msg00216.html">[MUD-Dev] Matrix Game</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 18 Jan 1999, 11:59 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00214" HREF="msg00214.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Reputations, More Mazes</A></strong>,
Eli Stevens (KiZurich) <a href="mailto:c718157#showme,missouri.edu">c718157#showme,missouri.edu</a>, Sun 17 Jan 1999, 09:26 GMT
</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>