>other functions can resume and run within the same thread

I'm assuming you mean "system thread". But in effect, isn't it very much 
like a green thread ? (userspace managed ?)

On Sunday, 18 August 2013 08:18:55 UTC+2, Andrew Gaspar wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Floby <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>  wrote:
>
>> I've read that article too.
>>
>> It seems to me that async/wait is a more elegant approach than twisting 
>> the yield semantics.
>> However I don't quite see how this differs from blocking I/O calls and 
>> threads.
>>
>> These are cooperative threads, wihch were also an acceptable programming 
>> model in the 60's
>>
>>
> Async/await doesn't block a thread. That's the point. It's *exactly* like 
> node - other functions can resume and run within the same thread while 
> another asynchronous action is being awaited. You could essentially rewrite 
> all await code to use callbacks and have the exact same functionality - it 
> just reduces code complexity.
>

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