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		fergie on Nov 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Async/await support in Firefox "you can match async/wait with generators thus using them for monad computations in Javascript" I hear the words you are saying, I just cant visualise the concept. Could you ELI5, or post an example?

pjmlp on Nov 2, 2016 [–]

Yes, check Bodil Stokke's presentation, The Miracle of Generators, at GOTO 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mCkLZ0cwAI

fergie on Nov 2, 2016 | [–]

OK- so basically: async/await, when used with generators and promises, allows monads.

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