On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 05:25:46PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> Actually, is there any good reason why select isn't in posix also? >Yes -- select also works on Windows and DOS. (Ditto for socket.) I don't know if poll() is available on Windows; anyone got a clue? poll() for DOS is almost certainly out of the question, and who cares these days? --amk