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randylahey on Aug 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Node.js - A Giant Step Backwards

Nitpick: Incorrect. Node.js uses a thread-pool to run things which are necessarily blocking, such as some POSIX functions.

gcr on Aug 5, 2011 [–]

sausagefeet meant we can't get to that thread pool from user code.

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