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satvikpendem 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What async promised and what it delivered

Or use OCaml 5 which has a full algebraic effects system that solves the function coloring problem while still being highly performant.

coldtea 4 months ago [–]

How do they solve it?

satvikpendem 4 months ago | [–]

I'm glad you asked: https://lukstafi.github.io/curious-ocaml/new_book.html#chapt...

Basically, any function can handle any effect, they don't need to be marked a special way like async await.

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