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Re:Memory usage of a toy C# server and client with 500K conc... by dhd415 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @05:05PM (#19008815)
Wrapping a sync method in a Task causes a thread to block on the sync method's completion and blocking threads is much of what async/await is intended to alleviate.
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Re:Memory usage of a toy C# server and client with 500K conc... by whoisthemachine on Saturday January 26, 2019 @08:39PM (#19009875)
I'd be inclined to believe he means wrapping an asynchronous method (with callbacks) in a Task.
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