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> "Async" is a specialized tool for web servers with very large numbers of clients. Outside of that niche, it's seldom needed. Web is just 2 ports out of the 6
by alfiedotwtf 6y ago
> "Async" is a specialized tool for web servers with very large numbers of clients. Outside of that niche, it's seldom needed.
Web is just 2 ports out of the 65535 TCP/IP ports. Network servers can benefit from an async model depending on the server design.
Let’s not sweep all of networking into “web”.