I get what you’re saying, but you kicked off this thread like an expert — even though you knew you were talking to someone who helped build the very thing you’re critiquing.
It’s pretty clear you’ve never built a production-grade async state machine.
C++ is designed to provide the plumbing, not the kitchen sink. It’s a language for building abstractions, not handing them to you — though in practice, there’s a rich ecosystem if you’d rather reuse than reinvent.
That flexibility comes at the cost of convenience, which is why most new engineers don’t start with C++.
What you call “intimidating,” I call powerful. If coroutines throw you off, you’re probably using the wrong language.
Last thought — when you run into someone who’s built the tools you rely on, ask them questions instead of trying to lecture them. I would have been more than happy to work through a pedagogical solution with you.
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