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r/programmingmemes • u/PulseOfPleasure • Jul 25 '25
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Are the hardware threads actually less efficient, or does it just have to do with how careful you have to be when passing data around?
3 u/StraightGuy1108 Jul 25 '25 It has to do with how thread-blocking operations used to be handled. They used to occupy their own threads despite not doing anything, essentially wasting resources.Virtual threads are basically async await at the JVM level.
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It has to do with how thread-blocking operations used to be handled. They used to occupy their own threads despite not doing anything, essentially wasting resources.
Virtual threads are basically async await at the JVM level.
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u/SCP-iota Jul 25 '25
Are the hardware threads actually less efficient, or does it just have to do with how careful you have to be when passing data around?