On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
> Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au> writes:
> > I haven't had time to prototype whether we can easily implement async IO
>
> Just as with any suggestion to depend on threads, you are going to have
> to show results that border on astounding to have any chance of getting
> this in. Otherwise the portability issues are just going to make it not
> worth the trouble.
The architecture I am looking at would not rely on threads.
I didn't want to jump on list and waive my hands until I had something to
show, but since Qingqing is looking at the issue I thought I better raise
it.
Gavin