intermediateVirtual Threads & GraalVM

What are Virtual Threads and how do they differ from platform (OS) threads?

Platform threads map 1:1 to OS threads — expensive to create in large numbers. Virtual threads are lightweight, JVM-managed threads (not OS-backed 1:1), cheap enough to create millions of. They don't make code faster; they make blocking code scalable, since a blocked virtual thread doesn't tie up an OS thread.

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