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		alexvitkov on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JDK 21 Release Notes As much as I want to clown a little on the language for taking so long to do string templates, congratulations on getting virtual threads shipped, I can't imagine the effort that must've took to implement into something as hairy and complex as the JVM!

jjtheblunt on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

The JVM originally had green threads, super super similar.

kaba0 on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

And we had electric cars before internal combustion engines.. they are not at all the same, and not even my analogy gives enough credit to loom.

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