Mac OS 9 and sockets - are they slow?

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Doug Lerner <doug at webcrossing.com> wrote:
> I am doing some socket experiments between a Rev
> client and a server. For
> the standalone apps I build for OS X or Windows, the
> response is great - the
> sockets open and the communication with the server
> is essentially
> instantaneous.
> 
> But with the OS 9 build, the socket open time is
> REALLY slow - like 15 to 30
> seconds - during which time nothing seems to be
> happening with the client.
> And with multiple sockets open it gets worse.
> 
> Is this just an OS 9 socket implementation
> limitation? Or is the problem
> that I am running my OS 9 standalone app under
> Classic? (My machine won't
> startup directly in OS 9).
> 
> I am not even sure I need to support OS 9 with what
> I am doing, but thought
> I would ask...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug Lerner, Tokyo
> 

Hi Doug,

In Classic mode, all networking has to be rewired to
go through OS X networking protocols, so that's one
explanation for the delay.
Another is that MacOS pre-X never had a really robust
TCP/IP stack, and was alywas a bit on the slow side.
But maybe someone else can offer you hints on speeding
things up.

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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