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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Async got popular when the choices for clientside code in the browser were "Javascript" or "go fuck yourself." It's an utterly miserable way to avoid idiotic naive while() stalling. But it was the only way.