Callbacks, Synchronous and Asynchronous (2011)

Callbacks, Synchronous and Asynchronous (2011)(blog.ometer.com)

28 points by LiveTheDream 4 years ago | 3 comments

klabb3 4 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 4 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 4 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.