[External] : Re: Project Loom VirtualThreads hang

[Ron Pressler]

> On 4 Jan 2023, at 23:47, Ron Pressler <ron.pressler at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Virtual threads make blocking cheap *because* they can be numerous. Put another way, blocking platform threads is expensive because it consumes a very limited time for a long duration, which, by Little’s law, places a low limit on throughput. The impact of blocking on server throughput due to the number of threads is orders of magnitude higher than due to any other effect.
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* consumes a very limited RESOURCE for a long duration