As an old salty programmer, I don't understand why people are upset at this. Sure the syntax is unusual, but they had good reasons for it, and people are adapt

As an old salty programmer, I don't understand why people are upset at this. Sure the syntax is unusual, but they had good reasons for it, and people are adaptable and get used to things. Personally I like the fact that ".await" emphasizes that you are dealing with something fundamentally different from other language constructs, because futures _are_ fundamentally different.