TechNode.js Blogover 14 years ago
An Easy Way to Build Scalable Network Programs
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Node.js handles compute-bound tasks like video encoding by forking to ffmpeg and asynchronously controlling subprocesses. Multicore support comes from load-balancing connections over multiple processes. A future --balance flag will simplify cluster management. Node is suited for DNS, DHCP, or video encoding servers, not ray tracers or browsers.
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