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Async Feature Control Flow (Alan Berman)

April 13, 2011 Apr 13, 2011 04/13/11

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What is asynchronous programming? Let's say you send out an email, then wait and do nothing for the two minutes it takes to get a response back. You do nothing while you're waiting. It's worth waiting because it'll be back fast. When that happens, sending the email and getting a response is synchronous. But another time you send an email and ...