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		tonyhb on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fixing for loops in Go 1.22 Java only just got green threads (goroutines), 11 years after Go 1.0 was introduced. CSP had been around for yonks. Nothing is perfect to begin with, and I think you could probably be a bit kinder to Golang here.

nayuki on Sept 20, 2023 [–]

> Green threads were briefly available in Java between 1997 and 2000.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_thread

Also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5713142/green-threads-vs... , https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-3461/6jck06gqe/inde... .

tonyhb on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

I did mean virtual threads, thanks! :facepalm:

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