Those type of event loops are for Win32 API GUI applications. Server applications like a async socket server use IOCP, a kernel based type of event loop that i

Those type of event loops are for Win32 API GUI applications. Server applications like a async socket server use IOCP, a kernel based type of event loop that is highly performant and scalable. And by the way, the .NET CLR already uses them at its core for sockets and other types of I/O.