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Python has had async for 10 years – why isn't it more popular?

(tonybaloney.github.io)
320 points willm | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 17:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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throwawayffffas ◴[02 Sep 25 21:40 UTC] No.45109435[source]▶
The function coloring is a non starter for me.

I would just rather write JS where everything is async by default.

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IshKebab ◴[02 Sep 25 21:44 UTC] No.45109493[source]▶
Everything is not async by default in JS.
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1. fzzzy ◴[02 Sep 25 22:50 UTC] No.45110137[source]▶
I think what they mean is that there are no blocking functions in the standard library except alert, prompt, and confirm. ( are there any others?)
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2. steve_adams_86 ◴[03 Sep 25 06:27 UTC] No.45112808[source]▶
Yeah, you can call async functions without specifying it as such and the script will just carry on regardless of how you're handling it. Totally weird, but also pretty cool. When I first started some 20 years ago that was a major foot gun for me, coming from PHP where functions always returned before the next one was called.