Comment Comment by repelsteeltje Beware, they are different concepts.Threads offer concurrent execution, async (futures) offer concurrent waiting. Loosely speaking, threads make sense for CPU bound problems, while async makes sense for IO bound problems. parent repelsteeltje 6 months ago
Threads offer concurrent execution, async (futures) offer concurrent waiting. Loosely speaking, threads make sense for CPU bound problems, while async makes sense for IO bound problems.