Async computation is not the fad, it's poor syntax is.
C#, F# and coffeescript have excellent syntax that remove the line noise caused by writing async code. Actors and channels also nicely remove line noise from async programming.
If anything as computers become more powerful and distributed you'll see threads and locks disappear rather than async computation. Async computation in an imperative style is what most want, threads and locks are what we have.
C#, F# and coffeescript have excellent syntax that remove the line noise caused by writing async code. Actors and channels also nicely remove line noise from async programming.
If anything as computers become more powerful and distributed you'll see threads and locks disappear rather than async computation. Async computation in an imperative style is what most want, threads and locks are what we have.