L J Bayuk <ljb220@mindspring.com> writes:
> Other messages from the client are typically replied to and/or ACK'd in
> under 1 ms, according to Ethereal. I don't know why this message takes so
> much longer to ACK, nor why the client waits for the ACK. I'm sure it isn't
> the backend; I don't think it is Tcl; it could be something in the TCP
> stack.
Ahah, found a good explanation from a pretty authoritative source:
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&selm=an_477899304
Nothing like getting it straight from the horse's mouth.
(Note for any non-native-english-speakers: that's an expression, I've never
seen Mr Nagle's mouth personally)
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greg