in reply to Multipe Socket Connections

I'll look more into the IO::Select module, but that won't satiate my curiousity about the four arg select and vec functions :) I mean sure, its great to use modules, but if I know how these two functions work, I might accidentally think of something a bit different than anyone else has thought of and then release my own modules :P hehe.. not likely, but its nice to know how these things work..
After all, I code to learn, and I learn what intrigues me :)
-brad..

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RE: Re: Multipe Socket Connections
by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 18, 2000 at 23:42 UTC
    As always, there are two reasons I recommend modules:
    • You can usually get the job done faster
    • When you are curious about how it works, it's all open source! You can find out!

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

      I totally agree with you, that's why I love perl so much, and I did take a look at the IO::Select module source, however, it also uses the select and vec functions the same way I saw them used in the perl-chat example. and while the module would save me time, and alot of grief, there are no deadlines and I'm a masochist :P so its all good.. what I'd really like to know, is not "how to deal with multiple connections" but, I guess some more examples or a new explanation of the 4 arg select, and vec(). I might look at these two functions, and just go, "well hot damn, I could use that for ______", something using IO::Select won't totally give me :P
      Basically, I have the concept down, multiple file handles that you can read/write to, that are being "watched" and you form them using the "vec()" function, but I can't translate that into code and vice versa for some reason.. I just need a different look at it I guess.

      and once again, thanks for the great help, this site rules!

      -brad..