First: you're hammering the async point, which I don't disagree with. I am just pointing out that you can write less horrible async code than the example cited

First: you're hammering the async point, which I don't disagree with. I am just pointing out that you can write less horrible async code than the example cited with callbacks. Second: wait until people write ludicrous numbers of async routines as if they were imperative because it's so easy. Calling one from another (and hooking them up to event handlers). You'll have the same damn problem one level removed.