{"product_id":"asynchronous-programming-with-common-lisp-a-hands-on-guide-to-building-non-blocking-event-driven-and-concurrent-applications-9798269252124","title":"Asynchronous Programming with Common Lisp: A Hands-On Guide to Building Non-Blocking, Event-Driven, and Concurrent Applications","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James C. Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Programming - Parallel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever built an application that felt sluggish, its interface freezing every time it fetched data from the web? Have you watched a server you wrote, which worked perfectly with one user, grind to a halt under the load of just a few dozen concurrent connections? This is the wall that nearly every developer hits-the limit of the traditional, one-thing-at-a-time programming model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the story of how you break through that wall. Your journey begins not with complex libraries, but with a simple question: \u003ci\u003ewhy does my code wait?\u003c\/i\u003e From there, we'll embark on a practical, hands-on adventure. You won't just \u003ci\u003euse\u003c\/i\u003e an event loop; you will build one from scratch, gaining a deep and lasting understanding of how event-driven systems truly work. You will face the infamous \"Callback Hell\" and then forge your own solution by implementing the elegant patterns of Futures and Promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will start as a programmer writing instructions, and you will finish as an architect designing resilient, reactive systems. This is the story of you mastering the flow of time itself within your applications, unlocking a level of performance and scalability you may not have thought possible, all within one of the most powerful programming languages ever created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a comprehensive, project-driven guide packed with practical knowledge. 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