module similar to Perl Net::Server

Andrew Bennetts andrew-pythonlist at puzzling.org
Wed Feb 5 22:06:57 EST 2003


On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 06:21:37PM -0800, Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Andrew Bennetts wrote:
> 
> > Well, if you thought asyncore was nice, then Twisted kicks butt! :)
> > 
> > Trivial asyncore vs. Twisted comparison:
> >     http://twistedmatrix.com/products/echo_server
> 
> I fail to see what this comparison is really supposed to demonstrate. 
> That a trivial application is somewhat shorter in one framework than in
> another says absolutely nothing about the overall relative complexity of
> the two frameworks.

Of course.  I did say it was "Trivial".  I do however believe it to be
indicative of Twisted's advantages over asyncore... hopefully it does give
you some idea of how much tedium Twisted takes care of for you.

If you've got a better idea for a brief webpage to entice asyncore users to
try Twisted, I'm all ears :)

-Andrew.






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