From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-06-06T06:54:21+09:00
Subject: Re: net/ftp is CPU bound

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jheard" <jheard@acxiom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: net/ftp is CPU bound


> I was noticing the other day that FTPing large files over fast 
> connections like a 100 megabit ethernet inside a LAN causes my CPU usage 
> to go to 100% in no time, and I'm running a P3 933.  I was wondering if 
> it would be good for me to add put/getbinaryfile and put/gettextfile 
> procedures that don't pass their data to blocks and perhaps memory map 
> and/or buffer their transactions.  If this is a good idea, what should 
> the procedures be named

Interesting idea. Maybe just add a
flag defaulting to false? That way:
No new method names, no broken code.

Just a thought.

Hal Fulton