> > Whether you call a blocking function at login or later, the single threaded > > mud will still be lag'd until either the function times out or a value is > > returned. > > > And here is the crux of my problem. > > Threads are great, but 1) Linux doesnt have them unless I use pthreads.(*) > 2) Pthreads hasnt made to EVERY platform yet...and it seems like thread > implementations aren't standard yet... 1) Is *your* muds going to make it to every platform? If not, don't lose sleep over it, and do something fast, efficient, and easy: Pthreads. My muds runs several such time-consuming things as pthreads. Brian Pape bpape@ezl.com
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