Subj : Re: Predicate for pthread_cond_timedwait() ??
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Daniel Rakel
Date : Fri Mar 18 2005 09:26 am

David Schwartz wrote:

>     I almost forgot to tell you about 'select'. If you use 'select' with 
> NULL pointers for all the fd sets, it can act as a sleep function too. In 
> order of preference, here's what I suggest:
[1-4]
>     5) Use 'select'.

To simplify programming, isn't it better to always use 'select'? Which
advantages have the other functions or which dsiadvantages has 'select'
over the other solutions?

Regards,
Daniel

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