I don't think asnyc/await is a good solution to asynchronous programming. Lua, Go et al are more what I was thinking of as good examples of asynchronous program

I don't think asnyc/await is a good solution to asynchronous programming. Lua, Go et al are more what I was thinking of as good examples of asynchronous programming. See http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/02/01/what-color-is-your-function/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/02/01/what-color-is-y... And I addressed some concerns with Typescript in a sibling comment. It is much better than plain Javascript, though.