What I Learned From Sockets - Applying the Unix Readiness Model When Composing Concurrent Operations in C++
Explore how Unix socket concepts like select and poll can be applied to compose concurrent operations in C++ in this ACCU 2023 conference talk. Delve into the rich set of Unix primitives for working concurrently with file descriptors, including select, poll, epoll, and kqueue. Learn how these interfaces allow waiting for events on specified file descriptors and discover their similarities to Go's "select" statement. Examine the viability of this approach for solving problems involving concurrent operations and understand how C++ concurrency mechanisms can support similar semantics. Gain insights into answering questions like "How can I .get() the first of several futures?" and "How can I co_await the first of several coroutines?" Led by Bloomberg LP's Filipp Gelman, known for his exploration of obscure C++ language features and emphasis on compile-time computation.