Dean
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On 3 Jan 1997 rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu wrote:
>
> > 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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