Bjoern Schliessmann wrote: > Andrew Warkentin wrote: > >> I am going to write a general-purpose modular proxy in Python. It >> will consist of a simple core and several modules for things like >> filtering and caching. I am not sure whether it is better to use >> multithreading, or to use an event-driven networking library like >> Twisted or Medusa/ Asyncore. Which would be the better >> architecture to use? > > I'd definitely use an event-driven approach with Twisted. > > Generally, multithreading is less performant than multiplexing. High > performance servers mostly use a combination of both, though. > Converselt I'd recommend Medusa - not necessarily because it's "better", but becuase I know it better. There's also a nice general-purpose proxy program (though I'd be surprised if Twisted didn't also have one).
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