<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Hi,<br>
<br>
On 4/13/2017 12:54 AM, B.R. via nginx wrote:<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALqce=3wUgbRTYwHox8p0m5ShSF33GgZ-1fszEeRFBZ57XeT3w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Even though using
nginx on Windows goes way over my head (even for development)
and/or seing WIndows as any kind of server, </div>
</div>
</blockquote>
It's very simple - this system was set up many years ago and I was
uncomfortable at the time with running Linux -- not with the
stability of Linux at the time and not with my skills administering
it. The next server that I will set up for production will be a
Linux machine, but until then I'm stuck with Windows.<br>
<br>
I was using IIS as a web server for many years, until about five
years ago I "saw the light" and upgraded to nginx. Having nginx
available for Windows is a great thing because it serves as a
stepping stone and allows Windows users to make smaller changes to
their systems rather than one big change.<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CALqce=3wUgbRTYwHox8p0m5ShSF33GgZ-1fszEeRFBZ57XeT3w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">I read that
Windows Vista+ support the poll (well, actually <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms741669.aspx"
target="_blank">WSAPoll</a>) system call.<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Since XP may now
reasonably be called something of the past, would not it be
nice to go for it? No epoll, though.<br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
I agree that XP is out of the picture now, and the servers that I
need to support are 2008R2 which are built on the Vista code base so
this system call is supported.<br>
<br>
Can you explain briefly how WSAPoll would help here?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
<br>
Igal<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>