1. A method of utilizing a helper thread to perform an asynchronous computation for retrieving data at a port, the method comprising: creating a set of helper thread binaries from a set of main thread binaries, wherein the set of helper thread binaries was derived from a helper thread of software, and wherein the set of main thread binaries was derived from a main thread of software; executing the set of helper thread binaries; executing the set of main thread binaries; in response to the helper thread detecting an event at a port, asynchronously executing data retrieval instructions in the set of helper thread binaries, wherein the event is a notification of data becoming available to the port, and wherein asynchronously executing the data retrieval instructions retrieves needed data that will be necessary to continue execution of the main thread; and providing the needed data to the main thread.