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| 67 | Of course, if you want lots of policy (this can arguably be somewhat |
67 | Of course, if you want lots of policy (this can arguably be somewhat |
| 68 | useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event |
68 | useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event |
| 69 | model, you should I<not> use this module. |
69 | model, you should I<not> use this module. |
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71 | #TODO# |
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73 | Net::IRC3 |
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74 | AnyEvent::HTTPD |
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75 | AnyEvent::DNS |
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76 | IO::AnyEvent |
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77 | Net::FPing |
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78 | Net::XMPP2 |
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79 | Coro |
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81 | AnyEvent::IRC |
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82 | AnyEvent::HTTPD |
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83 | AnyEvent::DNS |
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84 | AnyEvent::Handle |
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85 | AnyEvent::Socket |
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86 | AnyEvent::FPing |
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87 | AnyEvent::XMPP |
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88 | AnyEvent::SNMP |
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89 | Coro |
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90 | |
| 72 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
91 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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92 | |
| 74 | L<AnyEvent> provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This |
93 | L<AnyEvent> provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This |
| 75 | allows module authors to utilise an event loop without forcing module |
94 | allows module authors to utilise an event loop without forcing module |
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| 944 | EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface |
963 | EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface |
| 945 | EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers |
964 | EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers |
| 946 | CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal |
965 | CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal |
| 947 | Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation |
966 | Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation |
| 948 | Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface |
967 | Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface |
| 949 | Event/Any 16000 936 39.17 33.63 1.43 Event + AnyEvent watchers |
968 | Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers |
| 950 | Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour |
969 | Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour |
| 951 | Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers |
970 | Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers |
| 952 | POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event |
971 | POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event |
| 953 | POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select |
972 | POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select |
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| 1133 | =head3 Discussion |
1152 | =head3 Discussion |
| 1134 | |
1153 | |
| 1135 | The benchmark tries to test the performance of a typical small |
1154 | The benchmark tries to test the performance of a typical small |
| 1136 | server. While knowing how various event loops perform is interesting, keep |
1155 | server. While knowing how various event loops perform is interesting, keep |
| 1137 | in mind that their overhead in this case is usually not as important, due |
1156 | in mind that their overhead in this case is usually not as important, due |
| 1138 | to the small absolute number of watchers. |
1157 | to the small absolute number of watchers (that is, you need efficiency and |
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1158 | speed most when you have lots of watchers, not when you only have a few of |
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1159 | them). |
| 1139 | |
1160 | |
| 1140 | EV is again fastest. |
1161 | EV is again fastest. |
| 1141 | |
1162 | |
| 1142 | The C-based event loops Event and Glib come in second this time, as the |
1163 | The C-based event loops Event and Glib come in second this time, as the |
| 1143 | overhead of running an iteration is much smaller in C than in Perl (little |
1164 | overhead of running an iteration is much smaller in C than in Perl (little |
| 1144 | code to execute in the inner loop, and perl's function calling overhead is |
1165 | code to execute in the inner loop, and perl's function calling overhead is |
| 1145 | high, and updating all the data structures is costly). |
1166 | high, and updating all the data structures is costly). |
| 1146 | |
1167 | |
| 1147 | The pure perl event loop is much slower, but still competitive. |
1168 | The pure perl event loop is much slower, but still competitive. |
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1169 | |
| 1149 | POE also performs much better in this case, but is is stillf ar behind the |
1170 | POE also performs much better in this case, but is is still far behind the |
| 1150 | others. |
1171 | others. |
| 1151 | |
1172 | |
| 1152 | =head3 Summary |
1173 | =head3 Summary |
| 1153 | |
1174 | |
| 1154 | =over 4 |
1175 | =over 4 |
