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EventMachine
Original author(s)	Francis Cianfrocca
Initial release	April 13, 2006; 18 years ago
Stable release	1.2.3 / February 23, 2017; 7 years ago
Repository	github.com/eventmachine/eventmachine ;
Written in	Ruby
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Type	Event-driven networking
License	GPL or Ruby License
Website	rubyeventmachine.com

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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.^[1]

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:^[2]

critical networked applications
web servers and proxies
email and IM production systems
authentication/authorization processors

Web application frameworks based on EventMachine

References

^ "The Ruby Toolbox - Concurrent Processing". Retrieved September 27, 2012.
^ "EventMachine README". Retrieved September 27, 2012.

External links

[1] "The Ruby Toolbox - Concurrent Processing". Retrieved September 27, 2012.

[2] "EventMachine README". Retrieved September 27, 2012.

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