Commit 3999610d authored by Denis Bilenko's avatar Denis Bilenko

update README

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gevent_
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gevent_ is a Python networking library that uses greenlet_ to provide synchronous API on top of libevent_ event loop.
gevent_ is a coroutine-based Python networking library.
Features include:
* Fast event loop based on libevent_.
* Fast event loop based on libev_.
* Lightweight execution units based on greenlet_.
* Familiar API that re-uses concepts from the Python standard library.
* Cooperative sockets with ssl support.
* DNS queries performed through libevent-dns.
* DNS queries performed through c-ares_.
* Ability to use standard library and 3rd party modules written for standard blocking sockets
* Fast WSGI server based on libevent-http.
gevent_ is `inspired by eventlet`_ but features more consistent API, simpler implementation and better performance. Read why others `use gevent`_ and check out the list of the `open source projects based on gevent`_.
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get gevent
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Install Python 2.4 or newer, greenlet and libevent.
Install Python 2.5 or newer and greenlet_ extension.
Download the latest release from `Python Package Index`_ or clone `the repository`_.
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.. _gevent: http://www.gevent.org
.. _greenlet: http://codespeak.net/py/0.9.2/greenlet.html
.. _libevent: http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
.. _libev: http://libev.schmorp.de/
.. _c-ares: http://c-ares.haxx.se/
.. _inspired by eventlet: http://blog.gevent.org/2010/02/27/why-gevent/
.. _use gevent: http://groups.google.com/group/gevent/browse_thread/thread/4de9703e5dca8271
.. _open source projects based on gevent: http://code.google.com/p/gevent/wiki/ProjectsUsingGevent
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Introduction
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gevent is a Python networking library that uses greenlet_ to provide a synchronous API on top of libevent_ event loop.
gevent is a coroutine-based Python networking library.
Features include:
* Fast event loop based on libevent (epoll on Linux, kqueue on FreeBSD).
* Fast event loop based on libev (epoll on Linux, kqueue on FreeBSD).
* Lightweight execution units based on greenlet.
* API that re-uses concepts from the Python standard library (e.g. :class:`Event`, :class:`Queue`).
* Cooperative :mod:`socket` and :mod:`ssl` modules.
* Ability to use standard library and 3rd party modules written for standard blocking sockets (:mod:`gevent.monkey`).
* DNS queries performed through libevent-dns.
* Fast WSGI server based on libevent-http.
.. _greenlet: http://codespeak.net/py/0.9.2/greenlet.html
.. _libevent: http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
* DNS queries performed through c-ares.
Installation
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