On 02.07.2010 18:31, Sean Kelly wrote: > Johannes Pfau Wrote: >> >> Just wondering, as libevent was already brought up on the newsgroup some >> time ago, is there a special reason to use libevent instead of libev? >> Both seem to be actively developed and liberally licensed (libevent: 3 >> Clause BSD libev: 2 Clause BSD), but at least for libevent1 libev claims >> to be faster. Some new benchmarks against libevent2 ( >> http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/libev/2010q2/001033.html ) show no big >> difference in speed anymore (libev is still faster when using timeouts >> or many clients). So any special reason to use one rather than the other? > > I mentioned libevent simply because I've used it before. From a license > standpoint (and features as well), libev is a better choice for Phobos.
I see, thanks for the info. -- Johannes Pfau