Re: PROBLEM: select() on TCP socket sleeps for 1 tick even if data available

From: Bernd Eckenfels (inka-user@lina.inka.de)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 18:56:13 EST


> can someone explain what is nagle or pinpoint explanation :)

nagel's algorithm is used to "wait" with sending of small packets until more
data is available, because sending biger packets has less overhead.

greetings
Bernd
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