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From(Alan Cox)
SubjectRe: Good point of Linux over Windows NT
DateTue, 21 Jan 1997 18:50:04 +0000 (GMT)
> P.S. Is spinning in a tight loop in do_select() an example of async IO?
No. Sleeping in a select() loop is a good way to implement an event based
system fast and efficiently. Creating threads to do blocking I/O events
is a good example of async IO


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