> the event loop runtime finally hit production grade
The event loop has been production grade for a very, very long time, via kqueue, completion ports, and poll/epoll. Plenty of software takes advantage of these interfaces. Having a good cross-platform userspace wrapper is just icing on the cake.
Sorry, I should revise what I said: cross platform event looping hit production. Otherwise the platforms are just too different: POSIX doesn't help us here.
The event loop has been production grade for a very, very long time, via kqueue, completion ports, and poll/epoll. Plenty of software takes advantage of these interfaces. Having a good cross-platform userspace wrapper is just icing on the cake.