note Fletch <p> Presuming the OS in question supports it it might be elucidating to use <tt>strace</tt> or its equivalent (<tt>dtruss</tt>, what not) to watch the underlying system calls being made with relative timings enabled. I don't know for sure but it sounds like it might be some weird [wp://Nagle's algorithm] interaction going on. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-58196"> <p> The cake is a lie.<br /> The cake is a lie.<br /> The cake is a lie.<br /> </p> </div></div> 903408 903408