> It's interesting to see an almost marketing-like campaign to save face for async/await. It's not, it's just Rust people want to explain choices that led them

> It's interesting to see an almost marketing-like campaign to save face for async/await. It's not, it's just Rust people want to explain choices that led them here, and HN/Reddit crowd is all about async controversy, so more Rust people make blog about it, so more HN/Reddit focus on it. Like any good controversy, it's a self-reinforcing cycle. > it also cost the community dearly Citation needed. Having async/await opened a door to new contributors as well, it was a REALLY requested feature, and it made stuff like Embassy possible. And it made stuff like effects and/or keyword generics a more requested feature.