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You probably think async code can't have deadlocks like threaded code can. Async is still multi-threaded it's just that the threads are done in user-space and c

You probably think async code can't have deadlocks like threaded code can. Async is still multi-threaded it's just that the threads are done in user-space and contain an implicit global lock.

nicoburns 6y ago
Async is not pre-emptive though (if using a single theaded executor). And thats where most of the unintutive behaviour of threads comes from.
nialv7 6y ago
Notice I didn't say async code is easier to reason about.