Sendfile in erlang
Ulf Wiger
ulf.wiger@REDACTED
Fri Nov 14 16:43:55 CET 2003
On 14 Nov 2003 16:36:58 +0100, Luke Gorrie <luke@REDACTED> wrote:
> I've long suspected that one could move pretty much the whole network
> stack into userspace without much performance loss, if you just chose
> the interface well. I'm interested to find out if this is bollocks :-)
My wet dream is that one should always start by developing a reference
implementation of any given protocol in Erlang. Then -- only if performance
is not good enough -- implement (or buy) one in C. The Erlang-based
implementation will help you understand the protocol fully, can serve
as an education and testing tool, and should eventually (this should be
a goal for the development of Erlang) be the preferred implementation
to use in your commercial product.
/Uffe
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Ulf Wiger, Senior System Architect
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