Simple async example

async_func_1.py

import asyncio
import time

# Note - This is python 3.11

async def slow_task(task_id):
    await asyncio.sleep(1)
    print(f"tick {task_id}\n")

async def main():
    await asyncio.wait(
        [asyncio.create_task(slow_task(i)) for i in range(1, 4)]         
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Running async
    start = time.perf_counter()

    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
    loop.run_until_complete(main())

    async_run = time.perf_counter() - start
    print(f"Running in async took {async_run} seconds")

"""
tick 1

tick 2

tick 3

Running in async took 1.0064033749513328 seconds
"""