Write Fast Apps Using Async Python 3.6 and Redis

Re:Write Fast Apps Using Async Python 3.6 and Redis by fritzy on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:43PM (#14214524)

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.

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Re:Write Fast Apps Using Async Python 3.6 and Redis by GroSacASacs on Thursday April 27, 2017 @05:03PM (#14214692)

What does it even mean. The event loop is only used when there is nothing going on. Is it faster at doing nothing ?

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Re:Write Fast Apps Using Async Python 3.6 and Redis by 1st1 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @06:43PM (#14215435)

> 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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