▚Intro
Hi everyone,
I'm nipafx (but you can call me Nicolai) and today it's gonna be you, me, Ron Pressler, and the state of Project Loom! Ron Pressler is the lead of Project Loom, which will bring fibers or virtual threads to Java, and during the 26-hour Java live stream we spent most of an hour talking about it.
We covered the project's core mission, challenges like interaction with debuggers and garbage collectors, the timeline for the next steps (spoiler: Loom is in final descent!), compatibility with existing code, and a few more things. Check out the time stamps in the description to jump to what interests you most.
Now, without further ado, let's get it on.
▚Table of Contents
- Intro
- Threading in Java today
- Threading with Project Loom
- Java Platform is more than just the JVM
- Virtual threads
- The challenge of debuggers
- Loom is in final descent
- The challenge of garbage collectors
- Backward and forward compatibility
- Virtual thread API and updating code
- Why platform threads can't block
- How to join results across threads
- Outro
▚Outro
Wow, sounds like Project Loom is coming soon-ish. I really can't wait!
More things people can't wait for: Projects Panama and Valhalla. On the same stream I also talked to their respective leads, Maurizio Cimadamore and Brian Goetz, and I'll upload those conversations soon. You know what you should do now, so you don't miss those videos, right? You click the... yeah, you got it.
I'll see you then, so long!