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Sam Hobbs22-Apr-17 17:53
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To answer the question of what I think about UWP, I think that it is built upon legacy technology. It is my understanding that the async/await mess is partially the result of the limitations of the message loop. If someone can explain async/await in a manner that makes clear when we need to use it then that will be popular. For example the clipboard in UWP requires async/await in many places but everywhere else the clipboard does not require threads or waiting (except waiting on the user). I don't understand why UWP needs async/await so much except (1) the message loop for some reason and (2) it is in a separate environment that requires additional security beyond the classical Windows process.

I think Java also has async/await; does it? Is it as confusing as UWP is as far as async/await?

The requirements for UWP probably go beyond the current design of Windows. Probably Microsoft needs to write another operating system to support the requirements. IBM has developed many operating systems but Microsoft has designed, at most, two operating systems. IBM had an operating system they called the Event Driven Executive; it is probably not relevant here except that the concept of being event-driven is not new. In many ways, Microsoft's technology is behind that of half a century ago and UWP is weighed down by that.
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