> Richard B. Johnson:
> > I think that a task, process, program, etc., that needs more than 100
> > file handles is improperly written. Keeping that many files open at any
> > one time will cause file destruction if the system crashes.
>
> Only if the file handles refer to files.
>
> [Consider sockets, pipes, etc. For example: qmail-send's handling of
> qmail-remote, see
> ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/pub/software/qmail-0.95.tar.gz.]
>
> --
> Raul
>
Do you really think that a single task can handle 100 sockets open to
100 clients in an efficient manner?
Now, I don't KNOW what the number is. But I do KNOW that the number is
not "N"! Having some kind of enforced limit causes one to design code
rather than just winging it.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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