The History of Parallel Processing in Java: From Threads to Virtual Threads

sven.ruppert@gmail.com (Sven Ruppert) — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 22:02:37 +0000

Since the early days of computer science, parallel processing has represented one of the greatest challenges and opportunities. Since its inception in 1995, Java has undergone a significant journey in the world of parallel programming to provide developers with ever-better tools. This story is a fascinating journey through threads, the executor framework, fork/join, parallel streams, CompletableFuture and the latest developments in Project Loom. In this blog post, we take a detailed look at the evolution of parallel processing in Java and the innovations that came with it.

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The History of Parallel Processing in Java: From Threads to Virtual Threads