Lock-Free Actor-Based Flow Programming in D2 for GSOC2011?

[Kagamin]

Piotr Szturmaj Wrote:

> Reactor is event handling pattern, when client specify event handlers 
> like onRecv() and just wait for the events - these are delivered as soon 
> as they arrive. Proactor on the other side requires that client issue 
> each asynchronous operation manually - there will be no events delivered 
> until client requests them.
> 
> For example in linux's epoll, events are delivered as soon as there is 
> available data in the buffer (in level triggered mode). In Windows NT 
> family recv event is delivered only after successfull call to WSARecv().

epoll seems like windows synchronization api except that in windows one shouldn't wait on file handles directly.