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[Sean Reifschneider]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:12:11AM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
>Hey Sean.  I understand threading and forking, could you point me to
>something that explains "multiplexing" as used in programming?  (I'm an
>old telco guy, so multiplexing meant something else for so many years
>that I'm having a hard time applying the term to what I know about
>computers.)

I don't know of any specific reference, try taking a look at code that
uses "select()".  It's probably doing it.  My sockserv.py module in
ftp.tummy.com:/pub/tummy/Python/ is probably a bit too complex, but
might give you an idea.

Sean
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