top | item 14214524 (no title) fritzy | 8 years ago It seems strange that they would claim that Python's libuv based event loop is twice as fast as Node.js's libuv based event loop. There's some context missing to that statement or it's flat out false. discuss order hn newest GroSacASacs|8 years ago What does it even mean. The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on. Is it faster at doing nothing ? 1st1|8 years ago > The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on.In async applications event loop is what actually executes your code and performs IO. In essence, event loops are under load all the time.
GroSacASacs|8 years ago What does it even mean. The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on. Is it faster at doing nothing ? 1st1|8 years ago > The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on.In async applications event loop is what actually executes your code and performs IO. In essence, event loops are under load all the time.
1st1|8 years ago > The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on.In async applications event loop is what actually executes your code and performs IO. In essence, event loops are under load all the time.
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In async applications event loop is what actually executes your code and performs IO. In essence, event loops are under load all the time.