Re: [Pharo-users] Non-blocking IO

Thanks for pointing out the difference between non-blocking and async IO. I think in Java NIO there is a thread that constantly calls the [e]poll() in the background and this way the IO becomes non-blocking. -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

[Pharo-users] Non-blocking IO

Hi guys, I'm wondering whether Pharo support any form of non-blocking IO. You can find such IO support in Node.js or Java NIO packages and on Linux they use select/poll async IO system calls. An example scenario is to be able to schedule 10 concurrent HTTP calls taking 1-5s and wait for them to f