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Re:Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf] by oldmanhorton on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @05:23PM (#17298160)
To be fair, node.js just merged the --experimental-workers module for actual webworker-style threading.
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Re:Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf] by amelius on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @05:34PM (#17298250)
Does it allow shared (immutable) data structures?

I.e. does it allow passing large parts of data structures without copying?

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