Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_io if you want to know more.
Jeroen Brattinga Dong Liu wrote:
Hi, I found some think they are the same. Do you know the difference? Cheers, Dong
AFAIK they are the same. Asynchronous and non-blocking are identical in
this context. They both mean that you don't have to wait for a response
to continue (as oposed to synchronous or blocking I/O). You need to work
with event handlers to process the responses (as mentioned by Mladen).
- Re: What is the difference between so-called asynchronous... Jeroen Brattinga
