Async vs Sync Benchmark (.NET)

One of my favorite interview questions is “What do such words as async and await tell you?”, because it opens up an opportunity to have an interesting discussion with an interviewee… Or it doesn’t because they float in this topic. In my opinion, it is drastically important to understand why we use this technique. I feel like many developers prefer to rely on “it is the best practice” statement and to use asynchronous methods blindly.

This article shows the difference between asynchronous and synchronous methods in practice.

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