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C# in Depth, Fourth Edition
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C# in Depth, Fourth Edition

by Jonathan Skeet
April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
16h 18m
English
Manning Publications
Audiobook available
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Chapter 6. Async implementation

This chapter covers
  • The structure of asynchronous code
  • Interacting with the framework builder types
  • Performing a single step in an async method
  • Understanding execution context flow across await expressions
  • Interacting with custom task types

I vividly remember the evening of October 28, 2010. Anders Hejlsberg was presenting async/await at PDC, and shortly before his talk started, an avalanche of downloadable material was made available, including a draft of the changes to the C# specification, a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the C# 5 compiler, and the slides Anders was presenting. At one point, I was watching the talk live and skimming through the slides while the CTP installed. ...

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