easter_eggs_for_java_loom

• examples re: Project Loom in JDK 21
• usage of egg here is intended as an SSCCE; not a hidden feature

Notes

• as of September 2023, these work using Bash but not Gradle or Maven
• GitHub actions are broken, pending availability of JDK 21
• see branch jdk-19 for this repo using JDK 19 (including Gradle and Maven)
• includes examples for virtual threads
• includes examples for structured concurrency, which is "preview" in JDK 21
  • we use sc for "structured concurrency" in the folder names
• see README for each example
• test message

Workflows

• create token on GitHub for workflow scope
• use git remote set-url origin https://codetojoy:[email protected]/codetojoy/easter_eggs_for_java_loom.git

Resources

• JEP 425 Virtual Threads
• JEP 428 Structured Concurrency
• Brian Goetz on Virtual Threads
• Java 19 Virtual Threads - JEP Café
• Project Loom: Modern Scalable Concurrency for the Java Platform by Ron Pressler
  • 12m00s : "codes like sync, scales like async"
  • 12m34s : excellent discussion on Thread vs async/await in various languages
  • 30m44s : great slides illustrating 1:1 versus M:N
  • 37m34s : Little's Law
• Project Loom: Revolution in concurrency or obscure implementation detail? by Tomasz Nurkiewicz
  • contrarian view
• Project Loom - A Friend or Foe of Reactive? by Oleh Dokuka and Andrii Rodionov
  • contrarian view
  • esp. near 19m20s
• AMA About the Java Language by Brian Goetz and Nicolai Parlog
  • near 19m10s, "Loom will kill Reactive programming"
  • reddit thread here
• Project Loom Q&A with Ron Pressler
  • esp. near 55m25s
• Project Loom C5M
  • 5 million concurrent connections
• Conway's Game of Life with virtual threads
• blog post: Notes on structured concurrency, or: Go statement considered harmful by Nathaniel J. Smith