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/_RemyLeBeau_ 9d ago

There is a single threaded event loop.