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This is essentially how modern JavaScript works, in particular with the addition of async/await syntax [1] (which was originally from C#, I think), but it's bee

This is essentially how modern JavaScript works, in particular with the addition of async/await syntax [1] (which was originally from C#, I think), but it's been possible with libraries like task.js, co, and Bluebird [2] since generator functions were available (either natively or via transpiling). The main difference is in JavaScript the event loop is automatic and hidden, and asynchronous IO is the default, so it's a bit harder to shoot yourself in the foot. 1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... 2. https://github.com/mozilla/task.js https://github.com/mozilla/task.js https://github.com/tj/co https://github.com/tj/co http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.coroutine.html http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.coroutine.html

heavenlyblue 8y ago
Automatic and hidden? JS had never provided any proper tools for async debugging. Can I please access a list of all async threads running at this point of time? Surely you can shoot yourself in the foot, but you can also do many other things JS never even attempted to fix. Please stop this JS fanboyism. This is a python thread.
- zbentley 8y ago
  I don't think it's "fanboyism" to point out one of the most important contemporaries of the Python async/await system, which is also one of the leading platforms that enables that pattern in production today. And yes, you can access a list of async operations (not "threads"; some of them are threads and some of them are multiplexed IO selectors/pollers--know the difference) running at any point in time: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/async-call-stack/ https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/async... The asyncio tools in python enable something similar, but very few scripting language debug/tracing tools are as robust as those for JS; that's another area where other languages are often inspired (or aspiring).
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heavenlyblue 8y ago

Automatic and hidden? JS had never provided any proper tools for async debugging. Can I please access a list of all async threads running at this point of time? Surely you can shoot yourself in the foot, but you can also do many other things JS never even attempted to fix. Please stop this JS fanboyism. This is a python thread.

zbentley 8y ago
I don't think it's "fanboyism" to point out one of the most important contemporaries of the Python async/await system, which is also one of the leading platforms that enables that pattern in production today. And yes, you can access a list of async operations (not "threads"; some of them are threads and some of them are multiplexed IO selectors/pollers--know the difference) running at any point in time: https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/async-call-stack/ https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/async... The asyncio tools in python enable something similar, but very few scripting language debug/tracing tools are as robust as those for JS; that's another area where other languages are often inspired (or aspiring).
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