But you CAN make a loop that looks as simple as the Python example; Python just happens to provide one built in, right? The Python code holds the thread for the

But you CAN make a loop that looks as simple as the Python example; Python just happens to provide one built in, right? The Python code holds the thread for the entire duration just like the Node one will hold the event loop. Wouldn't the Python loop cause the same problems as the node one in an evented app, say, a Twister app? (sorry my Python is a few years rusty) The ideal would be just as performant as the sync Python code, but effectively async. And his observation that async iterators by design can't do it without severe overhead for such tight inner loops is very good.