2008/8/13 Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I should clarify: what sendfile() is supposed to optimize isn't writing > large strings, or even the user<->kernel roundtrips; it's an optimization to > the kernel network stack (network buffer management, to be specific). Web > servers use it to serve static content (e.g. icons, images, stylesheets) > because it significantly reduces system load. >
Ok, so it could still be useful in a restricted area (but then it should be easy to write a FFI wrapper for it anyway). -- Jedaï _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
