async_await.py

# ============================================
# Python Concurrency Playground
# Demonstrates:
# 1. Async Programming (async/await)
# ============================================

# -----------------------
# Synchronous Approach
# -----------------------
import time

def write_sync():
    """A simple synchronous function that simulates work."""
    print("Hey")
    time.sleep(1)  # Simulate a 1-second task
    print("there")

def main_sync():
    """Calls write_sync() 10 times sequentially."""
    for _ in range(10):
        write_sync()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("\n--- Running Synchronous Code ---")
    start = time.perf_counter()  # Start timing
    main_sync()
    elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start  # End timing
    print(f"Synchronous executed in {elapsed:0.2f} seconds\n")


# -----------------------
# Asynchronous Approach
# -----------------------
import asyncio

async def write_async():
    """A simple asynchronous function that simulates work."""
    print("Hey")
    await asyncio.sleep(1)  # Simulate a 1-second async task
    print("there")

async def main_async():
    """Runs write_async() 10 times concurrently."""
    await asyncio.gather(
        write_async(), write_async(), write_async(), write_async(), write_async(),
        write_async(), write_async(), write_async(), write_async(), write_async()
    )

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("--- Running Asynchronous Code ---")
    start = time.perf_counter()  # Start timing
    asyncio.run(main_async())
    elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start  # End timing
    print(f"Asynchronous executed in {elapsed:0.2f} seconds")