> The concurrency model in Node is essentially the reactor pattern. While there are lots of concurrency patterns that you should learn, reactor pattern is also

> The concurrency model in Node is essentially the reactor pattern. While there are lots of concurrency patterns that you should learn, reactor pattern is also one of them. A usable reactor pattern requires green threads (or threads) . Node.js does classic IO multiplexing (i.e. what has been available in C since the introduction of select()). It's not bad, but don't delude yourself into believing node.js does anything new.