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Java didn't have a comparable thread/worker model to Go until this year, and arguably added it because of the success of Go routines for highly parallel service

Java didn't have a comparable thread/worker model to Go until this year, and arguably added it because of the success of Go routines for highly parallel services. Also, go accomplishes the same with much less verbosity because it's the default operating mode. So yes, you can do everything with Java that you can with Go (not true with Python) but it's a bit like using a semi-truck to commute.

kaba0 4y ago
Let’s not mix up virtual threads with the overall paradigm used for parallelism. Sure, on the former front Go was ahead for a time, but both are still pretty prone to race conditions and all the usual problems associated with parallel code.