this could be huge for node, UX out of the box is a big deal https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5020 …, sure promises aren't perfect, cb's are much worse
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Replying to @tjholowaychuk
@tjholowaychuk@BrendanEich We've ought to stop direct comparisons. One is a primitive. Other an impl detail. Promises use "callbacks".6 replies 3 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @trevnorris
@trevnorris It would be more correct to say both Node-style callbacks and promises use *functions*. And with async/await, not for long.3 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @yoshuawuyts
@yoshuawuyts@domenic The more I've been rooting around in promise impls, the less I believe that promises are sugar over callbacks.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @isntitvacant
@isntitvacant@domenic eh, but maybs your view of what node is is different - I *would* write C but more is more convenient / better debug1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @yoshuawuyts
@isntitvacant@domenic I think we care about different things / think differently about what simplicity means1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @yoshuawuyts
@yoshuawuyts@domenic Is simplicity measured by number of decisions a user has to make, by code size, or by object graph size?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@isntitvacant @domenic I think it has something to do with mental model - how much does a user need to know before understanding it
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