scalable network architectures (was RE: [Mono-list] Mono fitn ess for ircd project)

[Marsh, Drew]

Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@r337.com <mailto:mliotta@r337.com> ] wrote:

> Real-time signals completely
> get rid of the process of looking for sockets that a ready. 
> Instead the kernel notifies you of which sockets are ready 
> using a signal. With proper kernel support real-time signals 
> should provide the most scalable network architecture.

This sounds analgous to aynchronous I/O completion ports on Windows. Can any
linux/windows cross platform devs verify this?

Curious,
Drew