Non-blocking console input C++

Example using C++11: #include <iostream> #include <future> #include <thread> #include <chrono> static std::string getAnswer() { std::string answer; std::cin >> answer; return answer; } int main() { std::chrono::seconds timeout(5); std::cout << “Do you even lift?” << std::endl << std::flush; std::string answer = “maybe”; //default to maybe std::future<std::string> future = std::async(getAnswer); if (future.wait_for(timeout) == std::future_status::ready) answer = …

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How can I execute a node.js module as a child process of a node.js program?

I think what you’re after is the child_process.fork() API. For example, if you have the following two files: In main.js: var cp = require(‘child_process’); var child = cp.fork(‘./worker’); child.on(‘message’, function(m) { // Receive results from child process console.log(‘received: ‘ + m); }); // Send child process some work child.send(‘Please up-case this string’); In worker.js: process.on(‘message’, …

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Node.js vs Async/await in .net

Both models are very similar. There are two primary differences, one of which is going away soon (for some definition of “soon”). One difference is that Node.js is asynchronously single-threaded, while ASP.NET is asynchronously multi-threaded. This means the Node.js code can make some simplifying assumptions, because all your code always runs on the same exact …

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