On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote: > On 09.09.2010 15:57, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> I don't know much about licence, but I have this question: which is >> better, libev or libevent? >> > Libev is faster than libevent1 (http://libev.schmorp.de/bench.html) But > libevent2 (currently in RC state) is said to be as fast as libev, so > that doesn't really matter. The biggest difference between the libraries > is the set of event sources they support: Libevent supports i/o and > timeouts, libev additionally supports "wall clock timers", events on > posix signals, child process changes, stat events (file changed / > directory changed,...) and a few more. > The licenses are almost the same (3 clause BSD for libevent, 2 clause > BSD for libev). > > I've read through the documentation of libev and think it has a nice api > and feature set. I have to admit that I have not yet used libev or > libevent personally though, so I can't really give you a good > comparison. Sean posted somewhere in the newsgroup that he had used > libevent, so maybe he can give more information.
libev looks nicer than libevent, but either one would be fine. I'm more interested in finding one with a compatible license, really. _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
