this thread is very interesting to all those that have been following the
periodic select/non-blocking io threads that pop up here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=8052ac2d75261296

all the more argument for a readpartial (or reap as i like ;-)) to be
approved!

-a
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