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From: mlelstv@serpens.swb.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Unix for SLIP/PPP Server- Best Reliability/Cost?
Date: 20 Nov 1996 22:43:45 +0100
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dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon) writes:
> even though the interrupt is unrelated to the I/O. When I think of
> polled I/O, I think 'tight loop'.
Call it busy waiting then :)
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Michael van Elst
Internet: mlelstv@serpens.swb.de
"A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."