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This is a really good answer. I’m glad you mentioned Haskell & ML (both of which F# draws inspiration from). I know you’ll hear Haskell folks talking about “continuation style”. async/await is just compiler magic/syntax sugar on top of that concept.

RubberDuck
– RubberDuck

2018-08-28 00:27:02 +00:00
Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 0:27
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Did Haskel officially ship with these keywords or constructs before F#?

The Sharp Ninja
– The Sharp Ninja

2020-10-22 19:06:15 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2020 at 19:06
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@TheSharpNinja I have improved the answer, hopefully that makes things clearer.

Theraot
– Theraot

2020-10-22 19:52:23 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2020 at 19:52
I think that Dijkstra invented the concept (perhaps with the THE operating system ...) around 1965

Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch

2023-09-16 13:27:30 +00:00
Commented Sep 16, 2023 at 13:27

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