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- Subject: Re: scalability
- From: Javier Guerra <javier@...>
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:20:40 -0500
Phoenix Sol wrote:
> Looking into libev integration, I found this:
>
> """
> [Kepler-Project] libev + lua *gary ng*
> *Wed Oct 22 03:05:56 GMT+2 2008
>
> *There is one floating around and I have also done that myself. Though my
> not so scientific test seems to suggest that the good old select() isn't
> that much worse unless we are talking about 1000+ connections and that may
> not be the target platform for lua(memory etc.)
> """
>
> Can someone please explain this sentiment? What is he talking about? (Gary,
> are you in here?)
what i read here is that select() isn't so bad for small number of connections, but more than that needs another approach (any of the fashionable event-based APIs)
LuaSocket is based on select(), BTW.
--
Javier
