17 Dec
2005
17 Dec
'05
6:55 a.m.
"Eugene Alterman" <eugalt@verizon.net> wrote in message news:dnv3c8$eo2$1@sea.gmane.org...
I just want to point out (hopefully without getting off topic too much) that there is an important difference between what you mean by 'synchronous' and the way this term is usually used in this context (and in particular in the publication you are mentioning).
By 'synchronous' you seem to mean *blocking* synchronous i/o while in those patterns it is understood as synchronous i/o event demultiplexing and handling, meaning that a synchronous i/o operation is issued only if there is a ready event and the operation would not block.
This is not accurate of course :( Please disregard the whole thing - I just got carried away. :-)