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# Threads vs Events

* <https://berb.github.io/diploma-thesis/original/043_threadsevents.html>
* <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25280207/what-are-the-differences-between-event-driven-and-thread-based-server-system>
* <https://strongloop.com/strongblog/node-js-is-faster-than-java/>
* <https://medium.com/@mohllal/node-js-multithreading-a5cd74958a67>

Events are great for IO parallelism without CPU parallelism.