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		caf on Jan 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it poll() is slightly better than select(), because you only have to iterate over the file descriptors that were passed, rather than from 0 to nfds.

maw on Jan 20, 2011 [–]

It doesn't hurt that its interface is far more pleasant to use than select's, either.

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