EventMachine
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EventMachine is a software system designed for writing highly scalable applications for Ruby. It provides event-driven I/O using the reactor pattern. EventMachine is the most popular library for concurrent computing in the Ruby programming language.[2]
Original authorFrancis Cianfrocca
Initial releaseApril 13, 2006
Stable release
1.2.7[1]
/ 12 May 2018
Written inRuby
| EventMachine | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Francis Cianfrocca |
| Initial release | April 13, 2006 |
| Stable release | 1.2.7[1]
/ 12 May 2018 |
| Written in | Ruby |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
| Type | Event-driven networking |
| License | GPL or Ruby License |
| Repository | |
Example uses
EventMachine has been used to build a number of different libraries and frameworks in which concurrency is a performance concern. Some examples include:[3]
- critical networked applications
- web servers and proxies
- email and IM production systems
- authentication/authorization processors
