The executor design pattern was introduced by java
<https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/20/docs/api/java.base/java/util/concurrent/Executor.html>
it also adapted by python
<https://docs.python.org/3/library/concurrent.futures.html>
Compared to handcrafted thread pool management, it greatly simplifies the thread code.
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>