max-mapper / max-mapper/javascript-for-cats

I don't get the non-blocking description

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Description

Hi, i don't get the section on non-blocking code. You say _a_ must complete it's task before it calls _b_ -- to me, that sounds like _a_ is blocking _b_. I thought asynchronous means two threads of code, _a_ and _b_, getting executing simultaneously, not first _a_, then _b_. Or that _b_ can begin before _a_ is finished. -thx

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Start with the documentation section describing non-blocking code and compare its wording with the issue's understanding of asynchronous execution. Clarify the distinction between blocking, sequencing, and concurrent or asynchronous work; it is done when the explanation no longer implies that one operation must block another.

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