Hi Santiago,
I recently did some benchmarking of synchronous work with the Cluster
module (http://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html) versus conventional
asynchronous programming and found Cluster processes can have lower latency
and higher throughput than asynchronous methods:
http://synsem.com/SyncNotAsync/
The latency of synchronous operations is masked by having enough Cluster
processes so some are always free to immediately service a new request (as
few as 2-3 servers may be needed). An additional benefit of the Cluster
execution model is unavoidable computation in the event loop executes on
multiple cores gaining a mechanical advantage over sequential execution in
a single event loop. The penalty for synchronous or sloppy programming is
very low compared to a single event loop.
The Cluster module is experimental but not very invasive so if things
change there is not much effort to loose or effort required to keep up. In
addition to callbacks and promises, Cluster can be a very useful tool.
-J
On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:11:34 AM UTC-7, Santiago Basulto wrote:
>
> Hello guys. I've been doning some experiments with Async iterators. You
> can find more details in the repo I created[1] but I'll explain my
> rationale behind it quickly: I'm a heavy python user and I love iterators.
> They provide a nice and clean interface. When I started to get into node.js
> I noticed the "lack" (or the lower use, to be precise) of them and started
> doing some research. The problem I found was that, for async architectures,
> blocking/regular iterators doesn't look like a good fit. Well, that's just
> something I think, maybe I'm wrong. Please share your thoughts.
>
> [1] https://github.com/santiagobasulto/async-iterators
>
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