PHP Architect · Vol 21, Issue 2 · February 2022
Education Station: Async is a Lie
by Chris Tankersley
One of the more popular programming topics over the last few years has been the idea of “async programming.” Async programming is touted as a way to speed up applications by avoiding issues that normally stall a program. When an application hits an operation that prohibits anything else from happening, this is called a “blocking operation.” A blocking operation blocks all other execution until it finishes.
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