Maybe the issue is that we overload the concept of a function with an entirely different thing, a Future / Promise. Maybe if the syntax would have been entirely different too, it would have been easier to understand. We tend to have different syntax for different things.

I’m hesitant towards not distinguishing different things anymore and let the underlying system “figure it out”. I’m sure this could work as long as you’re on the happy path, but that’s not the only path there is.