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Re:V8 adds support for top-level await by jnbiche on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @11:40PM (#21067387)
> With regards to resource contention, anything that causes a waiter graph cycle can cause deadlocking

Maybe I'll learn something here, but can you explain how an async runtime with no locking primitives like JS could cause a waiter graph cycle?

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Re:V8 adds support for top-level await by random314 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:49PM (#21075277)
You don't need locking primitives for a deadlock. Await is sufficient.
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