Difference between async/await and ES6 yield with generators

Question

I was just reading this fantastic article «Generators» and it clearly highlights this function, which is a helper function for handling generator functions:

Answer 1

Try this test programs which I used to understand await/async with promises.

Program #1: without promises it doesn't run in sequence

function functionA() {
    console.log('functionA called');
    setTimeout(function() {
        console.log('functionA timeout called');
        return 10;
    }, 15000);

}

function functionB(valueA) {
    console.log('functionB called');
    setTimeout(function() {
        console.log('functionB timeout called = ' + valueA);
        return 20 + valueA;
    }, 10000);
}

function functionC(valueA, valueB) {

    console.log('functionC called');
    setTimeout(function() {
        console.log('functionC timeout called = ' + valueA);
        return valueA + valueB;
    }, 10000);

}

async function executeAsyncTask() {
    const valueA = await functionA();
    const valueB = await functionB(valueA);
    return functionC(valueA, valueB);
}
console.log('program started');
executeAsyncTask().then(function(response) {
    console.log('response called = ' + response);
});
console.log('program ended');

Program #2: with promises

function functionA() {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        console.log('functionA called');
        setTimeout(function() {
            console.log('functionA timeout called');
            // return 10;
            return resolve(10);
        }, 15000);
    });   
}

function functionB(valueA) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        console.log('functionB called');
        setTimeout(function() {
            console.log('functionB timeout called = ' + valueA);
            return resolve(20 + valueA);
        }, 10000);

    });
}

function functionC(valueA, valueB) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        console.log('functionC called');
        setTimeout(function() {
            console.log('functionC timeout called = ' + valueA);
            return resolve(valueA + valueB);
        }, 10000);

    });
}

async function executeAsyncTask() {
    const valueA = await functionA();
    const valueB = await functionB(valueA);
    return functionC(valueA, valueB);
}
console.log('program started');
executeAsyncTask().then(function(response) {
    console.log('response called = ' + response);
});
console.log('program ended');