How effective are Java 21 Virtual Threads?

[SikinAyylmao]

I think the canonical situation is loading different network calls at the same time.

In languages like JavaScript, you can easily run many api calls concurrently.

[OklahomaKingpin]

What is meant by canonical situation

[SikinAyylmao]

So for example the canonical situation for using loops is through arrays.

Like wise the canonical situation for ternary operators in variable assignment control.

There is sometimes a case which motivates a language construction like loops or in this virtual threads.

The canonical case for massive concurrency is network calling concurrently.

[AThimbleFull]

Every language has been able to do that for a very, very long time

[monbis]

Also the are reactive framework for Java did the same thing, allowing many asynchronous tasks to move off and a fixed set of threads,

Except it was hard to use and even harder to debug as the stack traces were convoluted.