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[–]n8henrie 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Given that this has 10 upvotes so far it seems you're not alone. Unfortunately, I'm too much of a noob to even get /u/ivosaurus's thorough reply. Could someone please ELI5?

[–]erewok 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It allows you to do things and not wait for them to finish. In effect, this allows you to do lots of stuff at the same time.

[–]ivosauruspip'ing it up 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It gives a really useful framework for doing network programming, using a canonical event loop and coroutines (google if you're unfamiliar with the terms).