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This is a story of trying out async Rust.

The Rust Project has spent upwards of five years working on async Rust. This was part of a deliberate strategy to attract corporate funding given that Mozilla wasn't going to support of the language forever. In that regard, it was a huge success. Use of Rust has continued to grow, and by all accounts the Rust Foundation is on sound financial footing.

As a long time Rust user, I've tried out async a couple times over the course of its development. The note that follows doesn't track any particular attempt, but tries to condense an overall feeling into a single story line. I hope it will be instructive to ecosystem leaders to see how the experience of trying out async Rust can go painfully wrong.

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