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kaba0 on Sept 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: JDK 21 Release Notes

But there is no point to it in this comparison if it can block a whole thread to itself - that can be done with java as well since forever.

neonsunset on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

Blocking the thread with unawaited task.Result is an explicit choice which will be flagged by a warning by an IDE and when building, that this may not be what you intended.

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