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[Michael Gundlach <michael.gundlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Soren Hansen <soren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > - It's a weaker argument, but it's really hard to find any comparisons
>
 > between Twisted and Eventlet on the web that say Twisted is preferable
> > (has anyone found any?)
>
> I can write one, if you want? :)
>

:)


> > And as always, there's the argument that Eventlet code is easier to
> > read and understand, and therefore to maintain.
>
> This has been repeated over and over, but I don't think there's been any
> concrete examples of this?
>

Perhaps not; as you suggest, me actually building something in Eventlet may
be the best thing we can do for the discussion at this point, by providing
something we can look at.


> Twisted is a big framework with a bunch of code to do common things that
> are a chore with the Python's standard library. Eventlet may let you use
> the standard library in an asynchronous way, but you're still stuck with
> the standard library :)
>

I may be a complete convert to Twisted once I have finished the RS API -- we
shall see :)

Michael
PS: I asked Gustavo, but I'll ask you too -- would you be interested in
writing the Twisted equivalent RS API so we have something to compare to?


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