Actually select and poll are more efficient ways of describing most
multiple source event models without the overhead of threads.
And there are plenty of cases where each one is better. Select is clearly
a better model for inetd for example.
> accept() is a system call. accept(2) is not a system call, it is a
> manual page. One doesn't block on accept(2), one *reads* accept(2)
> to find out how to use accept().
Using accept(2) to indicate you are talking about the system call goes
back to at least my student days read comp.unix.wizards
Alan
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