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I'd call your article on dartfmt[1] a classic as well. [1] http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2015/09/08/the-hardest-program-ive-ever-written/ http://journal.st

• andrewflnr 6y ago
  "What color is your function" also seems to have leaked out into the general lexicon of discussions about async code.
  • hobofan 6y ago
    It's sadly being flung around as a bad argument against async in general though, even when it doesn't apply (e.g. in languages that can use an async function from a non-async function).
    • layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
      Such as?
      • hobofan 6y ago
        As a recent addition, Zig is "colorblind"[0]. In Rust and some other languages you can also just run an async function in a blocking way, which will defeat some of the benefits of async functions but prevents color sprawl. [0]: https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-colorblind-async-await/ https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-colorblind-async-await/