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Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:13:37 -0700
From: Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>
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Lawrence Stewart <stewart@serissa.com> once said:
> What do folks think about event-driven programming as a substitute for
> threads in UI and process control settings?

Why not both?

https://swtch.com/~rsc/talks/threads07/
https://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/cws.pdf

Cheers,
  Anthony