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kelnos 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We switched to Java 21 virtual threads and got a d...

The funny thing is that Java did have green threads back in v1.1, but they were dropped in v1.3.

That doesn't invalidate your point; more than 20 years of Java practice has focused on making things work well for platform threads.

andrewf 12 months ago [–]

I think Solaris moved from green threads to pure kernel threads at the same time (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/816-5137/mtintro-75924/... says Solaris 9 was the transition point).

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