Re:Brendan Eich on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]
by skissane on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:47PM
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If all you mean by "async" is callbacks, then VBScript already has those.
In VBScript that runs under Windows Script Host, callbacks are implemented using the WScript.ConnectObject method.
(I'm not sure about VBScript running under IE or classic ASP, if they could use the same method or had to use a different one. But anyway, if VBScript can do it in one context but not another, that would be a deficiency they could have easily fixed if there were a demand.)
In VBScript that runs under Windows Script Host, callbacks are implemented using the WScript.ConnectObject method.
(I'm not sure about VBScript running under IE or classic ASP, if they could use the same method or had to use a different one. But anyway, if VBScript can do it in one context but not another, that would be a deficiency they could have easily fixed if there were a demand.)