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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex index 937de76..c57d060 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This module provides access to the \cfunction{select()} and \cfunction{poll()} functions available in most operating systems. Note that on Windows, it only works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other -file types (in particular, on \UNIX{}, it works on pipes). It cannot +file types (in particular, on \UNIX, it works on pipes). It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since it was last read. @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ desciptors that don't originate from WinSock.} \subsection{Polling Objects \label{poll-objects}} -The \cfunction{poll()} system call, supported on most Unix systems, +The \cfunction{poll()} system call, supported on most \UNIX{} systems, provides better scalability for network servers that service many, many clients at the same time. \cfunction{poll()} scales better because the system call only |