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 libev is modelled after libevent (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/), but aims
 to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. Examples:
 
 libev is modelled after libevent (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/), but aims
 to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. Examples:
 

-- multiple watchers can wait for the same event without deregistering others.
+(comparisons relative to libevent-1.3e and libev-0.00)
+
+- multiple watchers can wait for the same event without deregistering others,
+  both for file descriptors as well as signals.

   (registering two read events on fd 10 and unregistering one will not
   break the other)
 
 - fork() is supported and can be handled
   (there is no way to recover from a fork when libevent is active)
 
   (registering two read events on fd 10 and unregistering one will not
   break the other)
 
 - fork() is supported and can be handled
   (there is no way to recover from a fork when libevent is active)
 

-- timers are handled as a priority queue
-  (libevent uses a less efficient red-black tree)
+- timers are handled as a priority queue (important operations are O(1))
+  (libevent uses a much less efficient but more complex red-black tree)

 
 - supports absolute (wallclock-based) timers in addition to relative ones,
   i.e. can schedule timers to occur after n seconds, or at a specific time.
 
 - supports absolute (wallclock-based) timers in addition to relative ones,
   i.e. can schedule timers to occur after n seconds, or at a specific time.


@@ -49,14 +52,18 @@ to be faster and more correct, and also more featureful. Examples:
 
 - simpler design, backends are potentially much simpler
   (in libevent, backends have to deal with watchers, thus the problems)
 
 - simpler design, backends are potentially much simpler
   (in libevent, backends have to deal with watchers, thus the problems)

-  (epoll backend in libevent: 366 lines, libev: 89 lines, and more features)
+  (epoll backend in libevent: 366 lines, libev: 90 lines, and more features)
+
+- libev handles EBADF gracefully by removing the offending fds.

 
 whats missing?
 
 - evdns, evhttp, bufferevent are missing, libev is only an even library at
   the moment.
 
 
 whats missing?
 
 - evdns, evhttp, bufferevent are missing, libev is only an even library at
   the moment.
 

-- no priority support at the moment.
+- no priority support at the moment
+
+- kqueue, poll (libev currently implements epoll and select)

 
 

-- kqueue, poll (libev currently implements epoll and select).
+- windows support (whats windows?)