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Writing state machines by hand is a nightmare and exactly the kind of transformation a compiler should do for you — which is all await really is.

Drawn from what Anders Hejlsberg said

Subjectcompilers
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compilers Programs that turn programs into programs: what a compiler can name, assembly, and building one that serves an editor.

What Anders Hejlsberg actually said

  1. Anders Hejlsberg Danish software engineer and Microsoft technical fellow
    You can have the compiler write the state machine. If you introduce syntax that allows you to indicate where you want to yield. And that's what await is.

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    Watch from 0:30:51 plays here

    ↗TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsbergyoutube.com

    13 May 2026 · video · 1h 16m · spoken · machine transcript

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