Re: BeOS

[Steef Boerrigter <sxmboer sci kun nl>]

Hi, Pavel.


> select() in BeOS only works on sockets.  MC uses select() on file
> descriptors.

I see. I tried BeOS once. It worked surprizingly well with all my
hardware.
However, I found that it is not free software! Therefore, indeed, we
should not bother about it too much, let BeOS people do that.

> It should be possible to "emulate" select() by using asynchronous I/O, but
> it's very ugly.  I don't know if that's what BeOS designers want programs
> to do or it's a pure limitation with no "secret message".  I never
> bothered to ask.

Steef