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   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   David Schwartz  wrote:   
   > That's because of some serious design flaws in the 'select' API. The   
   > kernel has two choices of how to implement 'select', and they both   
   > suck.   
      
   Well, it was sufficient for the time and conditions in which it was   
   initially designed :) Which was well before the web, which more or   
   less is when this issue got serious attention.   
      
   rick jones   
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