The situation could be considered similar to .NET adding the IllegalCrossThreadException exception to Windows Forms in v2¹, defaulting to detecting invalid beha

The situation could be considered similar to .NET adding the IllegalCrossThreadException exception to Windows Forms in v2¹, defaulting to detecting invalid behavior with the option to disable checking (Control.CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls). .NET v4.5 introduced a new approach (Task-based Asynchronous Pattern)² with changes to framework and language (C#5) to "simplify" implementing things correctly. .NET took the developer-friendly path; Cassandra, not yet. ¹ https://web.archive.org/web/20060414185346/http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/breakingchanges/runtime/winforms.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20060414185346/http://msdn.micro... ² http://stackoverflow.com/a/18033198 http://stackoverflow.com/a/18033198