> Still, most libraries are blocking*
> * Which is a funny objection, like being
> mad that most libraries default to using
> decimal numbers rather than octal. It must
> be a conspiracy!
Actually, there _is_ a distinction here: It is ridiculously easy to implement blocking semantics on top of non-blocking semantics - in some pseudo code:
Whereas implementing non-blocking semantics using an underlying blocking implementation is quite, but not entirely, like banging your head against the wall. repeatedly. Essentially, you cannot avoid threads, shared mutable state, and a lot of other problems.
