Subj : Re: Socket programmation with threads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Date : Tue May 24 2005 05:10 pm

christophe.anthon@gmail.com wrote:

> Well I wanted to program an C++ Chat program, so I need threads in the
> server so that he can handle many incoming connections and that what
> they send.

A chat server has very low overhead compared to other common servers. Sure, you 
can use a thread per connection for a few hundred connections, but you can 
create a single threaded chat server that can handle tens of THOUSANDS of 
connections using /dev/poll or similar techniques.

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

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