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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: Programming technique for non-forking servers?
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-11-13 22:27:56
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> In the case of a "complex" server, i.e. something like an Xserver or
> MUD, but probably not a Web server, you probably need to use state machine 
> concepts.  This is not "difficult", the only real problem is mastering 
> the concept of state machines.
> 

The problem with user-level state machines or multi-threading is that it
doesn't take advantage of multiple cpu's. Kernel level support for threading
may address this.

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 torment us for own good  will torment us  without end,  for they do so with 
 the approval of their own conscience."    -   C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ 
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