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by ZitchDog 4159 days ago
Because node is single threaded, so blocking for this user will block all requests for all users.
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BonoboBoner 4159 days ago
That explains it, thanks. To me this makes the focus on non-blocking code in PlayFramework2.0 a bit more strange to me, since the JVM isnt single threaded.
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yowmamasita 4159 days ago
it's because native threads are expensive
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BonoboBoner 4159 days ago
They are again? In this talk they mentioned them to be cheap in 2008
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