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Coroutines and Loom behind the scenes by Roman Elizarov

Kotlin by JetBrains · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Roman Elizarov compares Kotlin Coroutines with OpenJDK Project Loom virtual threads, looking at their design goals and how those translate into different implementations and tradeoffs. He addresses how the two can coexist.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pointed to in Java 21 and Loom discussions as the Kotlin lead's authoritative view on coroutines versus virtual threads.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “it is an interesting talk regardless.”

    Kotlin lead's perspective on Loom.

    dangets, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Java 21: First Release Candidate”

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Topics: kotlin, coroutines, project loom, virtual threads, jvm

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