Re: [Haskell-cafe] whatever happened to sendFile?

2008/8/13 Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH :

I should clarify: what sendfile() is supposed to optimize isn't writing large strings, or even the user<->kernel roundtrips; it's an optimization to the kernel network stack (network buffer management, to be specific). Web servers use it to serve static content (e.g. icons, images, stylesheets) because it significantly reduces system load.

Ok, so it could still be useful in a restricted area (but then it should be easy to write a FFI wrapper for it anyway). -- Jedaï