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This pattern is called "I/O completion ports" or more generally "overlapped I/O" in Windows and has been there since the very first version of Windows NT.
by nbevans 11y ago
This pattern is called "I/O completion ports" or more generally "overlapped I/O" in Windows and has been there since the very first version of Windows NT.
- bediger4000 11y agoI believe it was present in Windows NT from the start because it was present in DEC's VMS operating system, which Dave Cutler was also a key developer. It may date to before VMS for all I know. It's not at all new.