As near as I can tell Playdar is not just io bound, it is network-io bound. I would love to see a Perl or Python example, even a toy example, that can sling bi

As near as I can tell Playdar is not just io bound, it is network-io bound. I would love to see a Perl or Python example, even a toy example, that can sling bits over the network faster than Erlang. This particular app (outside of the thrid-party libraries the OP mentions) is well within the Erlang sweet-spot.