Re: is Event the best event loop module?

Uri Guttman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "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.
>
>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.

No, Uri, that's great.  i support Event, and
i also support replacing Event with something
better.  i want what is best for the Perl
community.

Best wishes,

-j


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