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In the Java world, project Loom[1] is hopefully going to end this situation of async code that is hard to use with blocking code. They introduce a concept calle

by pvorb 6y ago

In the Java world, project Loom[1] is hopefully going to end this situation of async code that is hard to use with blocking code. They introduce a concept called Virtual Threads (previously called Fibers, but they are still looking for the perfect name). This will allow for seamless interoperability between blocking and non-blocking code as everything in Java runs on a Thread and Virtual Threads are just a specialization of the concept that doesn't boil down to OS threads. I haven't used it yet, so I can only repeat the advertising copy, but nevertheless wanted to give some perspective from other ecosystems. [1]: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/loom/Main https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/loom/Main

victor106 6y ago
Loom is going to be a game changer. Hopefully they release it soon.
- wbl 6y ago
  Didn't they start with green threads way back when?
  - lmm 6y ago
    Yes they did, and gave up because of serious problems with that approach. (Interestingly, so did Rust, more recently).
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johnnycerberus 6y ago
Go and Zig already solved the problem. Java will follow soon with Loom, can't wait.
- littlestymaar 6y ago
  Go “solved the problem” at the expense of being unable to interface with C libraries without a big performance penalty (and that's you'll have Rust in Chromium and not Go)