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| 7 | Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev |
7 | Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev |
| 8 | Mailinglist: libev@lists.schmorp.de |
8 | Mailinglist: libev@lists.schmorp.de |
| 9 | http://lists.schmorp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libev |
9 | http://lists.schmorp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libev |
| 10 | Library Documentation: http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod |
10 | Library Documentation: http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.pod |
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| 12 | Libev is modelled (very losely) after libevent and the Event perl |
12 | Libev is modelled (very loosely) after libevent and the Event perl |
| 13 | module, but is faster, scales better and is more correct, and also more |
13 | module, but is faster, scales better and is more correct, and also more |
| 14 | featureful. And also smaller. Yay. |
14 | featureful. And also smaller. Yay. |
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| 16 | Some of the specialties of libev not commonly found elsewhere are: |
16 | Some of the specialties of libev not commonly found elsewhere are: |
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| 18 | - extensive and detailed, readable documentation (not doxygen garbage). |
18 | - extensive and detailed, readable documentation (not doxygen garbage). |
| 19 | - fully supports fork, can detect fork in various ways and automatically |
19 | - fully supports fork, can detect fork in various ways and automatically |
| 20 | re-arms kernel mechanisms that do not support fork. |
20 | re-arms kernel mechanisms that do not support fork. |
| 21 | - highly optimised select, poll, epoll, kqueue and event ports backends. |
21 | - highly optimised select, poll, linux epoll, linux aio, bsd kqueue |
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22 | and solaris event ports backends. |
| 22 | - filesystem object (path) watching (with optional linux inotify support). |
23 | - filesystem object (path) watching (with optional linux inotify support). |
| 23 | - wallclock-based times (using absolute time, cron-like). |
24 | - wallclock-based times (using absolute time, cron-like). |
| 24 | - relative timers/timeouts (handle time jumps). |
25 | - relative timers/timeouts (handle time jumps). |
| 25 | - fast intra-thread communication between multiple |
26 | - fast intra-thread communication between multiple |
| 26 | event loops (with optional fast linux eventfd backend). |
27 | event loops (with optional fast linux eventfd backend). |
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| 35 | - optional Perl interface with similar characteristics (capable |
36 | - optional Perl interface with similar characteristics (capable |
| 36 | of running Glib/Gtk2 on libev). |
37 | of running Glib/Gtk2 on libev). |
| 37 | - support for other languages (multiple C++ interfaces, D, Ruby, |
38 | - support for other languages (multiple C++ interfaces, D, Ruby, |
| 38 | Python) available from third-parties. |
39 | Python) available from third-parties. |
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| 40 | Examples of programs that embed libev: the EV perl module, node.js, |
41 | Examples of programs that embed libev: the EV perl module, auditd, |
| 41 | auditd, rxvt-unicode, gvpe (GNU Virtual Private Ethernet), the |
42 | rxvt-unicode, gvpe (GNU Virtual Private Ethernet), the Deliantra MMORPG |
| 42 | Deliantra MMORPG server (http://www.deliantra.net/), Rubinius (a |
43 | server (http://www.deliantra.net/), Rubinius (a next-generation Ruby |
| 43 | next-generation Ruby VM), the Ebb web server, the Rev event toolkit. |
44 | VM), the Ebb web server, the Rev event toolkit. |
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| 46 | CONTRIBUTORS |
47 | CONTRIBUTORS |
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| 48 | libev was written and designed by Marc Lehmann and Emanuele Giaquinta. |
49 | libev was written and designed by Marc Lehmann and Emanuele Giaquinta. |
