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		bcrosby95 on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java 21 makes me like Java again The great thing about virtual threads is they're basically a drop in replacement for threads.

za3faran on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

For cases that are IO bound yes. Threads still have their place (another thing that golang doesn't have).

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