alt Hacker NewsJVM has real and virtual threads and arguably just as good if not better on all these points.
(I actually have/am writing a harness in Java fwiw, but mostly as a hobby/experimentation)
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SwellJoe • today at 4:45 PM
I hate nodejs and the npm ecosystem more than most, but Java, really?
knowaveragejoe • today at 2:26 PM
But have you considered that java is gross and nodejs is sexy?
JVM apparently has the disadvantage that nobody under the age of 40 wants to touch it anymore. I admit I haven't worked in it in 20 years, but I do think it's a marvel of engineering and unfairly maligned. It used to be my career but I wanted to be closer to the metal.
Having Oracle's tramp-stamp on it may have been the final kiss of death in terms of totally-superficial "coolness" factor.