The very first example on that post is at best misleading, and at worse just plain wrong. b() will be called after a() has returned, unless of course an asynchr

The very first example on that post is at best misleading, and at worse just plain wrong. b() will be called after a() has returned, unless of course an asynchronous call is made to a function such as XMLHTTPRequest whilst passing a callback function. Javascript's async 'issues' are not an issue at all, all that is required is a little effort to learn Javascript..