--- libev/README 2007/10/31 18:28:00 1.6 +++ libev/README 2007/11/01 11:30:23 1.7 @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ - fork() is supported and can be handled (there is no way to recover from a fork when libevent is active) -- timers are handled as a priority queue - (libevent uses a less efficient red-black tree) +- timers are handled as a priority queue (important operations are O(1)) + (libevent uses a much less efficient but more complex red-black tree) - supports absolute (wallclock-based) timers in addition to relative ones, i.e. can schedule timers to occur after n seconds, or at a specific time.