[Pas2js] JS Sync/Async Limitations

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019, Michael Schnell wrote:

>> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Porting_from_FPC/Delphi_to_pas2js
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> "There is no multithreading"
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> Will multithreading never be implemented ?

No. Webworkers more or less replace this, but they work
simply asynchronously.

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> It seems like providing a GUI in the browser and at the same time communicating with a server could ask for this. 
> Or does the "Many calls are asynchronous and return immediately" feature prevent the need for threads.

It does.

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> But how do a program that can be run as well in the Browser as natively.

Every call that is asynchronous in the browser can be more or less emulated
using a thread in a native app, to have the same "async" logic.

Michael.