dr.orlovsky on Nostr: Just one note: none of the async runtimes can handle 100k due to POSIX limit on ...
Just one note: none of the async runtimes can handle 100k due to POSIX limit on connection number which is 16 bit (number of ports per the underlying physical network card).
Async is a myth. It is nothing more than the threads, with semi-automatic allocation of procedures (“tasks”) over threads. And threads are limited and heavy - just a dozens per async runtime.
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