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in thread perl -Dusethreads compilation

I'm not sure I understand this. If the server is already pumping out 100% of its upstream bandwidth, how will adding more threads to hammer the server improve throughput? You might get a bigger share of the total bandwidth (and a ban), if the server allocates all connections equally.

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Re^8: perl -Dusethreads compilation
by almut (Canon) on Apr 05, 2010 at 16:09 UTC
    ...how will adding more threads to hammer the server improve throughput?

    Sure, if all the downloads are from the same server, hammering likely won't help... The OP's description, however, left it open to interpretation whether all the download requests are actually going to the same server.

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