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From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-22 16:51:15


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:03:50 -0500, Edward Diener
<eddielee_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Obviously Boost has a thread library, although I have not used it, and it
> has a callback mechanism in boost::function<> which I have used extensively,
> so designing an asynchronous I/O library around these two concepts seems
> like a good design to me.

I'd say coupling asynchronous I/O to multi-threading would be a
mistake. It is at its most useful IMHO in single-threaded cases.

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Caleb Epstein
caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com

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