A normal function runs start to finish without pause. A suspend function can pause at a suspend point and later resume where it left off while the underlying thread does other work. That is not runtime magic: the Kotlin compiler rewrites suspend functions into a state machine that carries a continuation — the object that remembers how to continue.

What suspend means
Full content is available with a subscription.
Get full access to all courses on the platform for one year with a single payment.
Unlike other platforms that charge per course, here you get everything for one price, and after one year of use there will be no automatic charge for the following year.