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Too bad they were removed. I don't see why a non-system language should use anything other than green threads nowadays.
by spion 8y ago
Too bad they were removed. I don't see why a non-system language should use anything other than green threads nowadays.
- pjmlp 8y agoBecause Java also runs bare metal and in those scenarios, it is indeed a systems language. The HN community is too focused on OpenJDK/Oracle when talking about Java, when there are as several JDKs toolchains across the industry, some with very specialized deployment scenarios.
- spion 8y agoThe lesson from that being, the extreme of "write once run anywhere" is not necessarily a good idea. Sometimes its best to implement specialized libraries and runtime (green threads) for specialized environments (servers) that are not available in others.