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| 85 | that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your |
85 | that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your |
| 86 | module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use. |
86 | module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use. |
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| 88 | AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works |
88 | AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works |
| 89 | fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together |
89 | fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together |
| 90 | with the rest: POE + IO::Async? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if |
90 | with the rest: POE + EV? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if your module |
| 91 | your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it, |
91 | uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it, too. But if |
| 92 | too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all |
92 | your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all event models it |
| 93 | event models it supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those |
93 | supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those use one of the |
| 94 | use one of the supported event loops. It is easy to add new event loops |
94 | supported event loops. It is easy to add new event loops to AnyEvent, too, |
| 95 | to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof). |
95 | so it is future-proof). |
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96 | |
| 97 | In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event |
97 | In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event |
| 98 | model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar |
98 | model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar |
| 99 | modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to |
99 | modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to |
| 100 | follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and to the point, by only |
100 | follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and to the point, by only |
