D and Async I/O

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Monday, 11 May 2020 at 15:02:59 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Monday, 11 May 2020 at 14:02:54 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>> OK, so I need to create an asynchronous TCP server (not HTTP 
>> or HTTPS, this is
>> a real server ;-) ).
>>
>> I think the normal response is "Use Vibe.d". However, recently 
>> I see Hunt is an alternative. Has anyone any way of choosing 
>> between the two?
>>
>
> vibe.d is much more mature than Hunt, that would be my take on 
> it.
>
> Also Hunt lacks documentation etc.
>
>> I notice that Hunt uses it's own library eschewing all of 
>> Phobos. Is this an
>> indicator that Phobos is not suitable for networking activity?
>
> std.socket is terrible, so yes that is an indicator.
>
> You can't even wrap something up fast in it either.
>
> Basically it's low-level while not being low-level at the same 
> time. You have to handle __everything__ yourself pretty much.

Have a look also to Martin std.io [1] and Steven iopipes [2], if 
you need something simple.

[1] https://github.com/MartinNowak/io
[2] https://code.dlang.org/packages/iopipe