From: Jon Handler <jhandler@...>
Date: 2007-10-16T01:07:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a standard pattern for threaded access to a fil

Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Jon Handler <jhandler@shopping.com> wrote:
>> 1. Open the file
>> 2. Create 5 threads
>>
>> Each thread should read a line of the file and process it, but no 2
>> threads should get the same line.
> 
> 
> 
> Why are you doing this in the first place? Do you have a computer with 
> five
> processors and five memory buses?

I'm stress-testing my http server... Since most of the time is spent 
waiting for requests to go and come back, multiple threads on the 
sending end allows for greater throughput (to a point anyway). The 
number 5 was just an example of n where n > 1.

Jon
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