Project Loom: Fibers and Continuations for the Java Virtual Machine

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Project Loom introduces lightweight threads called fibers and continuations for the Java Virtual Machine. The talk explains how fibers and continuations work, why they can be an alternative to reactive libraries for blocking I/O, shows live-coding and examples using fibers, presents some performance test results, and discusses current limitations.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 5:43Blocking thread problems
3. 13:49Need for new approach
4. 21:11Fibers and continuations in Java
5. 29:47Project Loom flags and config
6. 34:23Implementation limits and challenges
7. 38:03Summary and comparison
8. 40:51Q&A

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