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| author | Determinant <ted.sybil@gmail.com> | 2018-11-18 21:52:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Determinant <ted.sybil@gmail.com> | 2018-11-18 21:52:35 -0500 |
| commit | 35ffa2c1e5c7fba06c52e2c20aff2aac910921d5 (patch) | |
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| parent | cff8386147356176228b8c56573005bca2b65d0a (diff) | |
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Salticidae: Minimal C++ asynchronous network library. +Salticidae: minimal C++ asynchronous network library. ======================================================= .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Features -------- - Simplicity. The library is self-contained, small in code base, and only - relies on libevent and libcrypo (OpenSSL, for SHA256 purpose). + relies on libuv and libcrypo (OpenSSL, for SHA256 purpose). - Clarity. With moderate use of C++ template and new features, the vast majority of the code is self-documenting. @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ Features - Layered design. You can use network abstraction from the lowest socket connection level to the highest P2P network level. -- Performance. The implementation strives to incur very little overhead in processing +- Performance. Based on a hybrid solution that combines both thread-based and + event-driven concurrency paradigms, it gets the best of both worlds. + The implementation strives to incur very little overhead in processing network I/O, and avoid unnecessary memory copies thanks to the move semantics. - Utilities. The library also provides with some useful gadgets, such as - command-line parser, libevent abstraction, etc. + command-line parser, libuv abstraction, etc. Functionalities --------------- @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ Dependencies - CMake >= 3.9 - C++14 -- libevent +- libuv - libcrypto Example (MsgNetwork layer) |