[fpc-pascal] Re: Odyssey: SSockets and Threads.

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Fri Apr 26 09:55:46 CEST 2013


In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said:
> >> I am aware of all this.
> >> My only 'objection' is that waitfordata() will operate on a single socket only.
> >> Good for single client, bad for server.
> >
> > How many open sockets must you have to qualify as a server?
> 
> Well, you can't get more than ~ 65000 so lets go for half of that :-)

I maybe have cut explanation short a bit, but I meant that not all servers
are internet facing high load ones, where single thread per connection is a
mortal sin.





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