Comment by pova
7 years ago
For me it was poll() due to it's simple and intuitive API. Also, it's much faster then select() when you have a large number of file descriptors being monitored.
7 years ago
For me it was poll() due to it's simple and intuitive API. Also, it's much faster then select() when you have a large number of file descriptors being monitored.
For some reason the book (Beginning Linux Programming, Wrox Press, 1998 edition I think) explained select() first, so like the proverbial little duck that names 'mother' the first think it sees moving after hatch, select() caught my heart.