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Why User-Mode Threads Are Good for Performance

Hear from Oracle’s Ron Pressler how Java added virtual threads, an implementation of user-mode threads, to help write high-throughput servers.

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Ron Pressler, Project Loom Technical Lead, Java Platform Group at Oracle

Ron works on OpenJDK in Oracle's Java Platform Group, where he serves as the Technical Lead for Project Loom.