alt Hacker NewsI was pretty surprised when I learned recently that the Java alternative for green threads doesn't use colored functions. It put Java in a higher place in my perception.
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dxxvi • yesterday at 8:49 PM
No need of colored functions because that Java green thread returns a Future<Value> not Value like colored functions
Groxx • yesterday at 7:49 PM
"green threads" is generally how I see these systems identify as "non-colored but with async-like performance" fwiw. or "fibers". otherwise it's "async" or "coroutines".
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antonvs • yesterday at 8:08 PM
Are you perhaps confusing green threads with stackless async models, like async/await? Green threads don't imply colored functions.
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It doesn't completely solve function coloring though. Causing carrier threads to get pinned is still not good, similarly as calling blocking function from async function is not good in colored systems.