Select() on socket
With select(), instead of having a process for each request, there is usually only one process that "multi-plexes" all requests, servicing each request as much as it can.

One major disadvantage of using select(), is that your server cannot act like there's only one client, like with a fork()'ing solution. Starveling Problem.

http://www.lowtek.com/sockets/select.html
- posted by Pop @ 9:26 AM