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-WHEREAS, Evented, asynchornous programming better models reality; and
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-WHEREAS, Servers organized around event loops are more efficent; and
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-WHEREAS, The usage of threads has complicated computer programming; and
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-WHEREAS, Most operating systems do not provide asynchonous file system access.
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-WHEREAS, Javascript is a language without a concept of I/O or threads; and
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-WHEREAS, Users familar with using Javascript in the web browser already program using events and callbacks; and
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-WHEREAS, The V8 javascript comes free of I/O and threads; and
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-WHEREAS, The V8 javascript compiles Javascript code directly to Assembler; and
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-WHEREAS, The libev event loop abstraction provides access to the best event loop interface on each system.
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-Now, therefore:
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-This set server and client libraries were made to build simple but fast
-servers. They are provided free of charge under a permissive simple license. 
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-Submitted by
-Ryah Dahl, Programmer
-Tim Becker, Programmer
-March 1, 2009