Reasons for Python async/await

Re:Reasons for Python async/await by wtallis on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @06:23PM (#9579753)

Would you care to propose an objective criterion by which Dart is within an order of magnitude of the popularity or prevalence of Python?

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Re:Reasons for Python async/await by munificent on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @07:14PM (#9579983)

That depends on if you define "mainstream" to mean "lots of users" or "similar to the kinds of things with lots of users".

If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

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Re:Reasons for Python async/await by pandler on Thursday May 21, 2015 @07:25AM (#9581977)

> If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

You might make mainstream music but you yourself are not mainstream.

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Re:Reasons for Python async/await by tmc2 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @09:01PM (#9580401)

That's a loaded question, in that it's notoriously difficult to measure, and you already know the answer, but here:

Surprised?

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