Question

after reading this great article im not sure how can i build simple cross platform server that can be has good as linux single event based servers . i didnt understand can it be done ? does boost aio is the right tool for this ? is there any other tool for this ?
im using c++ as the programming .

typedef struct {
  unsigned long* Internal;
  unsigned long* InternalHigh;
  union {
    struct {
      WORD Offset;
      WORD OffsetHigh;
    };
    void* Pointer;
  };
  HANDLE hEvent;
} OVERLAPPED;

Answer 1

I would also recommend the Adaptive Communication Environment http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-overview.html. But if you already use Boost in your existing code, boost::asio is a wonderful library to work with too.