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Asynchrony vs. Multithreading

... Promises and populate it. Instead, what Javascript uses to allow asynchronous programming is the event loop, which in a nutshell, constantly checks if all Promises are fulfilled before resuming the single-threaded execution process.

June 20, 2020

Javascript Essentials

... today, such as Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Event Loop The event loop is basically a loop that listens for an event and takes some action when an event is received.

November 12, 2017

Python Essentials

Scopes Python has closures, similar to Javascript, since functions are first class objects. But unlike Javascript, there are some subtle gotchas in regards to working with function scopes. nonlocal vs.

April 3, 2019

OS 101

... being single-threaded, and to perform tasks in an asynchronous fashion, it uses a single-threaded event loop. Processes can use one or more threads, and applications can use one or more processes.

December 21, 2022