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The Async Invasion

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June 23, 2018
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The Async Invasion

Why so many languages are adopting async/await, and why that's a good thing.

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Stephen Cleary

June 23, 2018

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  7. StephenCleary.com async Future // In the Real World, we would

    actually do something... await Future async await yield

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    actually do something... await Future await async Future Future Future await

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    actually do something... await Future await

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  15. StephenCleary.com Next: • C++ (n4680 Coroutines) – C++20? • Kotlin

    (experimental coroutines in 1.1) • Rust (nightly since 2017-08) Timeline

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    OVERLAPPED IRP ISR APC blog.stephencleary.com/2013/11/there-is-no-thread.html State: Created. State: In progress. State: Complete.

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    Thread IRP ISR APC blog.stephencleary.com/2013/11/there-is-no-thread.html State: Created. State: In progress. State: Complete/Running. State: Blocked.

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    UI thread free Minimize threads used to serve requests Better UX 10x-100x scalability (same box) Required by many app stores Faster response to bursting traffic

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