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> 3. Invented async/await, by far the most ergonomic concurrency primitive yet created. This feels like a bit of hyperbole. The actor model seems much more int
by colefichter 9y ago
> 3. Invented async/await, by far the most ergonomic concurrency primitive yet created.
This feels like a bit of hyperbole. The actor model seems much more intuitive than async/await. Indeed, message passing between actors is how concurrency works in the real world (think about how people interact with each other).
- smitherfield 9y agoI knew I'd get pushback on that one, it is somewhat hyperbolic; I'm here using "most ergonomic" to mean "closest source-level similarity to the synchronous equivalent." Which is perhaps not the "best" way to model concurrency, but has the advantage of being very easy to learn.