The fourth generation refers to the fact that reactive operators can be combined in an external or internal fashion, leading to performance optimization. A fourth generation reactive API looks like a third generation, but internally, the operators have changed significantly to yield intended benefits. Reactor 3.0 and RxJava 2.x belong to this generation.
Fourth generation
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