[random314]

You very conveniently skipped that you cant build async /await in C without modifying the language.

You also failed to show how parser combinator grammars such as yacc/bison/BNF forms are basically just imperative code.

Monads model effect systems; not imperative code.

I am impressed by your ability to argue about stuff you know nothing about, and linking to papers and documents you can't even read. Have you considered running for US president?

[jcelerier]

> You very conveniently skipped that you cant build async /await in C without modifying the language.

but async / await is semantics, not syntax, thus completely irrelevant to the conversation. you want an example of building async / await into the syntax of C as a library ? tada !

    void* async(...) { return NULL; }
    void await(void* ptr) { }

    int main(int argc, char** argv) { 
       void* handle = async(printf("foobar"));
       await(handle);
    }

or maybe you would prefer the more "modern" version, still compatible with pure C89 syntax though ?

    #define async
    #define await (void)

    int main(int argc, char** argv) { 
       auto x = async printf("foobar");

       /* wow, you can even compose it ! */
       auto y = async 2 * x;

       await x;
    }

please go on, this is super entertaining !

[random314]

Wow man! your async-await code actually does nothing! I don't think I have argued so much and so far with an idiot!