From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-07-18T00:37:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Nonblocking Sockets

On Jul 17, 2005, at 5:41 AM, Brian Candler wrote:

> Aside: would it be appropriate to use Ruby threads in your  
> application? It
> can hide a lot of socket blocking nastiness. And I presume the  
> interpreter
> copes with Windows.

This works for *some* applications.  Unfortunately, I large write can  
still stall the process.  I wish it wasn't so, but I believe you  
still need to go with nonblocking IO for a robust setup.

James Edward Gray II