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Callbacks, Synchronous and Asynchronous (2011)

https://blog.ometer.com/2011/07/24/callbacks-synchronous-and-asynchronous/

by LiveTheDream • 5 years ago

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klabb3• 5 years ago

Terminology opinion: I'm not too fond of the term callback for "synchronous callback" as described in the post. First, it doesn't actually "call back", and secondly why not just use "function"?

bruce343434• 5 years ago

lambda, callback, function, closure, anonymous function, thunk

It's all pretty much the same.

I like "synchronous callback" because this tells you two things:

1. it's synchronous, no need to add memory barriers

2. it _is_ a callback, it is called after the fact.

zelphirkalt• 5 years ago

Could also add "continuation" to the list perhaps, from continuation passing style (CPS). But that might not be a callback, as it never really goes back, but always goes forward.

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