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		samuell on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Virtual Threads Arrive in JDK 21, Ushering a New E... Will they provide automatic M:N multiplexing on OS threads, or is that something that needs to be handled by the user somehow? Also, what about channels, and select semantics etc? I think before those are in place, with good library support, it won't be very close to competing with Go. Not to mention compilation to fully self-contained binaries.

kaba0 on April 12, 2023 [–]

> Will they provide automatic M:N multiplexing on OS threads

Yes, you can set the number of OS threads they can use.

Channels and alia have been implemented in Java’s standard library for many many years, it doesn’t need additional language features.

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