On Mar 13, 2013, at 04:26, jakkir hussain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Node is similar in design to and influenced by systems like Ruby's Event > Machine or Python's Twisted. > > > > Node takes the event model a bit further—it presents the event loop as a > language construct instead of as a library. In other systems there is always > a blocking call to start the event-loop. Typically one defines behavior > through callbacks at the beginning of a script and at the end starts a server > through a blocking call like EventMachine::run(). In Node there is no such > start-the-event-loop call. Node simply enters the event loop after executing > the input script. Node exits the event loop when there are no more callbacks > to perform. This behavior is like browser javascript—the event loop is hidden > from the user. What specifically is your question about this text? It makes sense to me as written. -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
