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: >Agreed -- the hard-coded Nagle algorithm makes no sense these days. :
: The fact I dislike about the HP-UX implementation is that it is so : _obviously_ stupid.
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: And I have to say that I absolutely despise the BSD people. They did :
sendfile()after both Linux and HP-UX had done it, and they must have : known about both implementations. And they chose the HP-UX braindamage, : and even brag about the fact that they were stupid and didn't understand :TCP_CORK(they don't say so in those exact words, of course - they just : show that they were stupid and clueless by the things they brag about). :
: Oh, well. Not everybody can be as goodlooking as me. It's a curse.
nor it would seem, as humble :)
Hello Linus, my name is Rick Jones. I am the person at Hewlett-Packard who drafted the "so _obviously_ stupid" sendfile() interface of HP-UX. Some of your critique (quoted above) found its way to my inbox and I thought I would introduce myself to you to give you an opportunity to expand a bit on your criticism. In return, if you like, I would be more than happy to describe a bit of the history of sendfile() on HP-UX. Perhaps (though I cannot say with any certainty) it will help explain why HP-UX sendfile() is spec'd the way it is.
rick jones
never forget what leads to the downfall of the protagonist in Greek tragedy...
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