Jens Finkhäuser on Nostr: Some years ago, a friend of mine made a JavaScript based version of a language that ...

Some years ago, a friend of mine made a JavaScript based version of a language that had Orc's parallelization operations included. Your example reminds me of that a little.

Of course, the focus was different, but the UX nonetheless was better.

Imagine a block in which things get done in parallel, until the first one finishes. The others get cancelled. E.g.

firstOf {
Get(first_url);
Get(second_url);
Get(third_url);
}

The "then"...