Re: Does Python Need Virtual Threads? (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

Paul Rubin <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Jun 2025 04:29:07 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]> writes:
> Looking at that Java spec, a “virtual thread” is just another name for 
> “stackful coroutine”. Because that’s what you get when you take away 
> implicit thread preemption and substitute explicit preemption instead.

Try using Erlang a little,  It has preemptive lightweight processes and
it is great.  Much better than async/await imho.