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by cylon13 845 days ago
It’s never bad advice to consider something.
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To the contrary, consideration takes time, and rules of thumb are valuable to mitigate overthinking.
"Consider using threads" is only safe advice if the person doing the considering knows how to dealt with the (usually unwanted) non-determinism threads introduce.

Only a small fraction do, but threads look so simple on the surface the rest don't realise they are walking into a mine field.

No, it's frequently bad advice to consider something. See eg https://www.xkcd.com/1445/.