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Discussion on: JavaScript's Event Loop

 
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Michael Currin

Ah okay thanks for explaining.

Now I am curious why other languages don't do single threaded. or maybe it depends on the task and entire language setup. Or is it the difficulty of doing an event loop well that meant it took a long time for node to eventually be the first?

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Vasyl Boroviak

Good questions. I wish I knew the answers.

Thanks for being open minded. You are a rare breed. 👍

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Michael Currin

I've updated my post to be more balanced and to point to your initial comment

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Vasyl Boroviak

Looks great! 👍👍👍