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Subj : Re: Socket programmation with threads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : spano
Date : Tue May 24 2005 03:00 am

Phil Frisbie, Jr. wrote:
> christophe.anthon@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I have started with socket programmation and well no problem since now.
>>
>> But now i want to thread connections for the server and I got stuck in
>> the topic of threads.
>> I think in this group some guys can help me about how to use threads in
>> socket programmation. I read some sites, but well.. no luck. Can
>> perhaps somebody send me some code which simply explain how to use
>> threads or perhaps someone here has already programmed sockets with
>> threads and could mail me some scripts.
> 
> 
> First you need to tell what your application is and us WHY you think you 
> need threads. Is this just an exercise?
> 
> Are you trying to make a scalable server? There are better ways than 
> threads...
> 
>> Thank you! Have a nice day, Christophe
>>
> 

Hello,

Seems that using threads for servers which need to handle
concurrency is the natural way today (you could try processes, but there
would be a great overhead to this, ... implies typically lots of IPCs
....)

Otherwise you maybe meant:
    better ways than one connection <--> one server thread ?
Yes, it's a too trivial demultiplexing strategy in my opinion.

Most of the time, it is useful to use some select POSIX syscall,
and dispatch incoming requests / messages to threads in a threadpool ...

You can also apply various buffering strategies. I suggest the OP checks 
in some books/presentations by Schmidt (on POSA or ACE) for discussions 
on these topics.

Best regards,

Vincent.

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