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Related questions: does anybody know: 1) which was the first language that introduced the async/await keywords? I want to say C#, but I’m not sure. 2) are the
by emmanueloga_ 7y ago
Related questions: does anybody know:
1) which was the first language that introduced the async/await keywords? I want to say C#, but I’m not sure.
2) are there any papers that describe the code transformation to state machine that is commonly performed to implement these keywords?
- TkTech 7y agoFor #1, there's a well-sourced Stack Overflow post https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/377514 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/377514.
- emmanueloga_ 7y agoCool, I'll take a look! I was quickly searching around and found this paper [1]: "Pause 'n' play: formalizing asynchronous C#". It looks promising, although it is behind a paywall ;-(. Also, the keyword "formalizing" tells me that maybe this goes a bit deeper than the kind of description I'm looking for... 1: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2367181 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2367181
- girvo 7y agosci-hub.tw usually helps with getting papers that are behind paywalls!
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