[quietbritishjim]

> The point of async APIs is not speed boost, ...

I think the parent comment meant using Rust rather than a garbage collected language like C# or even Java for a GUI. Not just using async within Rust.

[Huh1337]

Java GUIs are horribly slow. Maybe it's not inherent but I've never encountered one that wasn't. C# ones are sometimes alright but only if they're using the native Windows frameworks.

[dboreham]

Like IntelliJ?

[Huh1337]

Yes, exactly