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PROBLEM: select() on TCP socket sleeps for 1 tick even if data available

DISCUSSION Bernd Eckenfels 1 participant 1 message Jan 24, 2001

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can someone explain what is nagle or pinpoint explanation :)

nagel's algorithm is used to "wait" with sending of small packets until more data is available, because sending biger packets has less overhead.

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Bernd
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