Lex Spoon wrote:

> The alternatives on Unix seem to be:
> 
>         1. Only use *input events*, and allow for precise timings.
>         2. Mix all events into the same queue, but use imprecise timings.
> 

Maybe I'm missing something, but why would we want to combine dissimilar
events in the same queue (sockets/input/serial?)?

Wouldn't that require the queue reading process to know about each event type,
or to pick through the queue for the next event of a particular type?

Is there some advantage to a single queue, or is it just because it's easier?

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