Yes, what is true is the fact, that they are finally working on a better ways to support async-code in a more frictionless way... (yes, Hejlsberg, F# team and A

Yes, what is true is the fact, that they are finally working on a better ways to support async-code in a more frictionless way... (yes, Hejlsberg, F# team and Async Team rock, as does Erik Maijer) They are still not where they would like to be though i guess: just check out what subtle issues you can run into by using this quite intuitive way of handling async resp. auto continuations: "Await, and UI, and deadlocks! Oh my!" http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pfxteam/archive/2011/01/13/10115163.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pfxteam/archive/2011/01/13/10115163.... I'd say they are on the right track, but still not there for big time ... just imagine this in hands of millions of average devs under pressure...