async-jsgi.js

var {defer} = require("ringo/promise");
var {setTimeout} = require("ringo/scheduler");

exports.delayed = function(request) {
   var response = defer();
   setTimeout(function() {
       response.resolve({
           status: 200, headers: {}, body: ["Delayed"]
       });
   }, 1000);
   return response;
}

exports.now = function(req) {
   var response = defer();
   response.resolve({
       status: 200, headers: {}, body: ["Now"]
   });
   return response;
}

yes, this does look better. You're pretty obsessed with details, I think that's great :)