Comment on Roy — small functional language that compiles to JavaScriptparentComments−pufuwozu14yMonads suit the problem nicely and it's been done in quite a few languages already:http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4117http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/100http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming/Async_Workf...This is something that JavaScript desperately needs.Macros aren't so nice for this stuff in non-homoiconic languages.−Miky14yI previously had a someone antagonistic comment, but I decided to remove it.I think that finding ways to notate asynchronous code cleanly is a pretty awesome goal, and I hope you find success in your project.
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Monads suit the problem nicely and it's been done in quite a few languages already:
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4117
http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/100
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming/Async_Workf...
This is something that JavaScript desperately needs.
Macros aren't so nice for this stuff in non-homoiconic languages.
I previously had a someone antagonistic comment, but I decided to remove it.
I think that finding ways to notate asynchronous code cleanly is a pretty awesome goal, and I hope you find success in your project.