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Calling blocking functions and execute code when result is ready, but without callbacks
I am designing an application that has some scripting capabilities: the host application may call the scripts to perform some operations when some events occur. To keep it easy and newbie-friendly, ...
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Asynchronous update design/interaction patterns
These days many apps support asynchronous updates. For example, if you're looking at a list of widgets and you delete one of them then rather than wait for the roundtrip to the server, the app can ...
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Ways of handling asynchronous receive calls
I am implementing a primitive message-passing system. Currently, I am designing a receive function for async calls. Can I implement such a async receive function without using callback functions?
