Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: Why use threads ( was: Alan Cox quote?) | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:21:26 -0700 |
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> On 20-Jun-2001 David Schwartz wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 02:01:16PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
> >> > It's very hard to use processes for this purpose. Consider, > >> > for example, a > >> > web server. You don't want to use one process for each client > >> > because that > >> > would limit your scalability (16,000 clients would become > >> > difficult, and > >> > with threads it's trivial). You don't want to use one thread > >> > for each client
> >> How is it trivial? How do you debug a 16,000 thread application?
> > As I said, you don't want to use one thread for each > > client. You use, > > say, 10 threads for the 16,000 clients.
> Humm, you're going to select() over 1600 fds ...
Who said anything about 'select'? If you want to learn how to write efficient multi-threaded servers, take a course or read a book. Heck, you can even ask me questions on marginally appropriate lists or even by private email. But don't put words in my mouth.
DS
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