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Reflections on Reactor

Explore the Reactor pattern to understand its role in architectural design and synchronous I/O management. Learn how it separates concerns to simplify communication in systems with multiple input sources and constrained hardware. This lesson highlights practical trade-offs and guides you to apply the pattern effectively in event-driven C programs.

Why do we need the Reactor pattern?

So far, the patterns in this course have addressed general, recurring design problems present in most non-trivial programs. The Reactor pattern is more limited in its scope. It’s a pattern that operates on the architectural level of design. We include it for its elegant separations of concerns in the Reactor. As such, the pattern is a nice example of good ...