I'm referring to something like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/701809... | Hacker News

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		MuffinFlavored on March 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why choose async/await over threads? I'm referring to something like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7018093/is-nodejs-really... It's like a pedantic technical behind the scenes point I think, just trying to learn "what's true"

recursive on March 25, 2024 [–]

Looks like the spec refers to the thing-that-has-the-thread as an "agent". https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-agents

I don't know the details about how any implementation of a javascript execution environment allows for the creation of new agents.

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