[zackmorris]

That's true in a way, but only for multithreaded code. Multi-process code with full isolation uses different metaphors like joining threads within higher order functions to achieve parallelism in code that looks single-threaded.

For example, lisp-based languages like Clojure can be statically analyzed and then parallelized so that all noninteracting code runs in its own process. This can also be done for code that operates on vectors like MATLAB and TensorFlow.

For me, isolated processes under the Actor model in languages like Elixer/Erlang and Go is much simpler conceptually than async/await, which is only one step above promises/futures, which is only one step above callback hell. I know that the web world uses async/await for now, but someday I think that will be replaced with something that works more like Go.