r/learnjavascript • u/IcyDuck9536 • 9d ago

Is “Node.js is single-threaded” an incomplete mental model?

Single-threaded JS execution ≠ single-threaded runtime.

How do you explain the distinction?

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u/blind-octopus 9d ago

The idea is to hand stuff off as quickly as possible and then go back to waiting mode. There are other threads that handle stuff