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chrismsimpson on July 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Local async executors and why they should be the d...

Yes it is. Spinning up another process is not multithreading, like, literally. It’s multiprocess. I never cease to be amazed with the complete lack of basic CS literacy from JS script kiddies.

IshKebab on July 20, 2023 [–]

I was using "multithreading" as a shorthand for "making use of multiple CPU hardware threads".

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