Keep in mind that select basically sucks for handling more than a few sockets -- it's slow and limited to max. 1024 concurrent sockets (unless you change FD_SET

Keep in mind that select basically sucks for handling more than a few sockets -- it's slow and limited to max. 1024 concurrent sockets (unless you change FD_SETSIZE and recompile everything, which may cause unexpected bugs). An almost always better choice is using epoll -- it's usually faster and can handle any number of concurrent sockets (up to a million and more). * http://docs.python.org/library/select.html#edge-and-level-trigger-polling-epoll-objects http://docs.python.org/library/select.html#edge-and-level-tr... * http://scotdoyle.com/python-epoll-howto.html http://scotdoyle.com/python-epoll-howto.html * http://blog.urbanairship.com/blog/2010/08/24/c500k-in-action-at-urban-airship/ http://blog.urbanairship.com/blog/2010/08/24/c500k-in-action... * http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-application-with-mochiweb-part-3 http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-applica...