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Not the OP, but I knew what you meant I soon as I read it. But, did the typical .NET app really not make use of the Asynchronous Programming Model that was part
by noblethrasher 9y ago
Not the OP, but I knew what you meant I soon as I read it. But, did the typical .NET app really not make use of the Asynchronous Programming Model that was part of the standard library?
I ask because in 2008 I was only about 3 years into professional web development, and even I knew about stuff like the C10K problem[1] and that I/O Completion ports were apparently one of the few things that Unix people admired about Windows.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10k_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10k_problem]
- endorphone 9y agoTheir use was incredibly rare. It was common to find advice columns telling you that you don't need them. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rickandy/2009/11/14/should-my-database-calls-be-asynchronous/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rickandy/2009/11/14/should-...