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> - The Deno-specific APIs (like Deno.readTextFile()[0]) are Promise-based and have intuitive interfaces require("fs").readFileSync("hello.txt").toString() //

> - The Deno-specific APIs (like Deno.readTextFile()[0]) are Promise-based and have intuitive interfaces require("fs").readFileSync("hello.txt").toString() // toString because it's a buffer by default

yberreby 5y ago
A Promise-based API doesn't block the event loop, but a synchronous one like fs.readFileSync does. Their usage might look similar but their semantics differ vastly.
- timdaub 5y ago
  Fair enough. OP was talking about intuitive non-blocking APIs and I just considered "intuitive".