Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "JP" == Joshua Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> JP> Event is presently the best general purpose event
> JP> loop for Perl. However, various people are
> JP> dissatisfied with some of the design decisions
> JP> and are working on superior replacements.
>
>i am not dissatisfied with event.pm. i think it is a great module. but i
>am trying to get complete support for events into the perl6 core (which
>is happening) and that will require a different design than your code as
>well as a new api.
>
>on top of that, it would be great if event.pm would be portable to all
>platforms and unfortunately it is not working on redmondware. so my
>proposal was to start work on the perl6 event code in a experimental way
>and at the same time create a new portable event loop. this would also
>allow us to add desired features such as async file i/o support.
>
>so please don't take my suggestion personally. i am just looking at the
>larger picture and into the future.
No, Uri, that's great. i support Event, and
i also support replacing Event with something
better. i want what is best for the Perl
community.
Best wishes,
-j
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