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		grumpyprole on March 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why choose async/await over threads? > Hm, yes, but is that complexity really avoided if it's in the language/runtime? Complexity can be abstracted away and this is still a worthwhile goal. Otherwise, we'd all still be studying Intel CPU documentation.

OtomotO on March 25, 2024 [–]

It can and it should, but I disagree with the sentiment that when it's abstracted "away" it's not there anymore.

You just don't see it.

Abstraction doesn't change any fact about how the system actually works.

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