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0 pointsMrDarcy1y ago0 comments

async / await as they exist in JavaScript, Python, and Rust aren’t the only way to execute tasks concurrently.

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That’s what I’m asking - did the comment mean that the async/await pattern is bad, or that asynchronous programming in general is bad?

worik1y ago

asynchronous programming is the bee's knees, and my preferred mode

Asyc/await pretends to be synchronous and gets all tied in horrible knots when the sunk costs mount

Writing IO without blocking has always been second nature to me

eureka-belief1y ago

But they are a darn convenient mental model if you’re just trying to do some basic async. The alternatives are harder to wrap your head around. Unless I’m missing some other cool pattern.

worik1y ago

> Unless I’m missing some other cool pattern.

Explicit state machines

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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amw-zero1y ago

That’s what I’m asking - did the comment mean that the async/await pattern is bad, or that asynchronous programming in general is bad?

worik1y ago

asynchronous programming is the bee's knees, and my preferred mode

Asyc/await pretends to be synchronous and gets all tied in horrible knots when the sunk costs mount

Writing IO without blocking has always been second nature to me

eureka-belief1y ago

But they are a darn convenient mental model if you’re just trying to do some basic async. The alternatives are harder to wrap your head around. Unless I’m missing some other cool pattern.

worik1y ago

> Unless I’m missing some other cool pattern.

Explicit state machines

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse