> However the speed depends of course, if you have just a single > instance, it makes no difference, but how do you realize multiple, > concurrent i.e. FTP-dowloads in sync mode? You would have to go > multithreaded, pooled or > one thread per connection but that's definitely slower than having > multiple instances in a single thread.
Again not necessarily, I trigger activities off a timer and messages, and so a sync FTP download does not stop the time running other things at the same time, provided any 'waits' are calling ProcessMessages to keep things moving (and there are no sleeps). I only use threads for pings, since they are blocking. One application is doing once a second async comms at the same time as sync FTP downloads. I don't disagree that use of async events is better, particularly for servers, and I use them for simple socket applications that don't have complex states. Angus -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
