Re:How to think about `async`/`await` in Rust
by 0x457 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @01:51PM
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> It didn't start because it is so awesome, it started because JS can't do parallel any other way.
That's just not true. It started because starting a thread for connection isn't scalable at all. Asynchronous programming was in use way before nodejs even in languages that have proper threads.
That's just not true. It started because starting a thread for connection isn't scalable at all. Asynchronous programming was in use way before nodejs even in languages that have proper threads.