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Why do we need blocking and non blocking functions?
Why do we need blocking and non blocking functions?
- Eliot Muir
Owned by Eliot Muir
Jan 14, 2022
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The issue is the mismatch of CPU speed ( think blindingly fast) and typical I/O (input/output) operation which are by comparison very slow. Examples of I/O are:
Reading/Writing files to disk
Waiting for network operations to complete etc.
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