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		pufuwozu on Nov 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roy — small functional language that compiles to J... Monads suit the problem nicely and it's been done in quite a few languages already: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4117 http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/100 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming/Async_Workf... This is something that JavaScript desperately needs. Macros aren't so nice for this stuff in non-homoiconic languages.

Miky on Nov 26, 2011 [–]

I previously had a someone antagonistic comment, but I decided to remove it.

I think that finding ways to notate asynchronous code cleanly is a pretty awesome goal, and I hope you find success in your project.

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