From: John Carter <john.carter@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T11:42:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Nonblocking IO read

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Tom Pollard wrote:

> The select() function (Kernel#select, in Ruby) is the standard way to do IO 
> multiplexing under Unix.

At a very deep level (last time I looked) thread animation and IO met
and became the same thing in a giant select lurking in the core of the
ruby Interpreter.

ie. Use select / spin another thread amounted cosmically to the same
thing. Choose whatever is easiest for you.




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