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0 pointsamw-zero2y ago0 comments

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?

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worik2y 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

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worik2y 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

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse