Re: is Event the best event loop module?
[email protected] (Uri Guttman)
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>>>>> "JP" == Joshua Pritikin <[email protected]> writes: JP> Event is presently the best general purpose event JP> loop for Perl. However, various people are JP> dissatisfied with some of the design decisions JP> and are working on superior replacements. josh, i am not dissatisfied with event.pm. i think it is a great module. but i am trying to get complete support for events into the perl6 core (which is happening) and that will require a different design than your code as well as a new api. on top of that, it would be great if event.pm would be portable to all platforms and unfortunately it is not working on redmondware. so my proposal was to start work on the perl6 event code in a experimental way and at the same time create a new portable event loop. this would also allow us to add desired features such as async file i/o support. so please don't take my suggestion personally. i am just looking at the larger picture and into the future. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman --------- [email protected] ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture and Stem Development ------ http://www.stemsystems.com Learn Advanced Object Oriented Perl from Damian Conway - Boston, July 10-11 Class and Registration info: http://www.sysarch.com/perl/OOP_class.html