One thing I enjoy about NodeJS is their standard library is asynchronous until you want it to be. Most of the NodeJS libs in NPM are also designed in this way. With EventMachine, you have to be careful what you're using because some of those RubyGems will probably include blocking IO.
When you're doing that kind of programming, I think it's better to use a language or ecosystem designed specifically for that purpose rather than use a library such as Twisted or EventMachine which is inside another language that may or may not support what you're doing. This has no basis in theory or anything, just my own experience. Makes things easier for me, that's all.
When you're doing that kind of programming, I think it's better to use a language or ecosystem designed specifically for that purpose rather than use a library such as Twisted or EventMachine which is inside another language that may or may not support what you're doing. This has no basis in theory or anything, just my own experience. Makes things easier for me, that's all.