Most of the problems with async i/o were spelled out very well in the recent "I/O is Faster Than CPU" [1] posted a few days ago. [1] - https://news.ycombinator

Most of the problems with async i/o were spelled out very well in the recent "I/O is Faster Than CPU" [1] posted a few days ago. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818899 The ring buffer is definitely innovation.