> The problem is that your split-up async function ceases to be a normal function. It doesn't use the stack in a similar way Have you taken the CLR (a.k.a. .NE

> The problem is that your split-up async function ceases to be a normal function. It doesn't use the stack in a similar way Have you taken the CLR (a.k.a. .NET / C#) async await for a spin? Microsoft's done a great job of squaring away those details so the stack/thread discontinuity doesn't much matter.