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Re:Why not C++? by misframer on Saturday March 05, 2016 @03:00PM (#11230779)
libuv (used by Node.js) uses epoll, kqueue, etc. for network I/O. It uses a thread pool for all file operations.
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Re:Why not C++? by stefs on Sunday March 06, 2016 @08:56PM (#11236610)
ah, well - when reading "blocking io" i first thought about the file system. so does my point still stand? using a threadpool for disk IO does go against "threads should only be used to exercise multiple CPU cores and never as a way to work around blocking IO."

or am i still not getting this?

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