stream sockets

[P Sember SNR]

	    Basically I am sending large amounts of data across a
	    stream (Internet Domain) socket. Does buffering up the 
	    write help matters?

	    What's the internal overhead for writing a single byte
	    onto a socket? Is it sent acrossed immediatlety or
	    is it buffered?

				    Thank You



  Peter Sember                   p.sember at trl.oz.au
  Telecom Research Labs.         Phone: +61 3 541 6127
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