Question 1

How do you handle asynchronous operations in JavaScript?

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Question 2

How does `Atomics.waitAsync()` enable non-blocking waits on SharedArrayBuffer?

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Question 3

Implement an async task queue with a concurrency limit.

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Question 4

What is the event loop?

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Medium

How do you handle asynchronous operations in JavaScript?

Hard

How does `Atomics.waitAsync()` enable non-blocking waits on SharedArrayBuffer?

Implement an async task queue with a concurrency limit.

What is the event loop?