On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:57:44PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> >For clarification: do you mean async I/O, or non-blocking I/O?
> 
> Async. When the interpreter issues a read, for example, it won't assume the 
> read completes immediately.

That sounds like what I would call non-blocking I/O.  Async I/O
would involve syscalls like aio_read().

I'm being a bit pedantic here because I've been involved in heated
debates in the past, which were resolved when the two sides realized
that they were using different definitions of async I/O. :>

                      - Damien

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