I feel like you are stuck on the idea of “this should be simple for me” which, of course, favors the OS threads solution. If your point is that LMAX inst just a

I feel like you are stuck on the idea of “this should be simple for me” which, of course, favors the OS threads solution. If your point is that LMAX inst just a drop in substitute for OS threads then we agree. If your point is that OS threads produce better results than a thought out LMAX solution then we do not. Most people and organizations probably don’t have the need or the skill for LMAX anyway.