I think the JVM and particularly Java are in desperate need of improvements to the concurrency model.
When I compare the concurrency model on the JVM (and especially Java itself) to the modern competition from the likes of GoLang and C# there are clear and obvious drawbacks. Even comparing just the Java language and some other JVM languages like Kotlin and Scala, it comes up well short.
Project Loom certainly looks to be a step in the right direction. I haven't looked at it in depth recently but Virtual Threads and Continuations will be a welcome addition and last time I did look it was promising in terms of implementation.
If I were creating a new project today I'd likely reach for GoLang or DotNet (now that Core and Framework are unified) before the JVM, and if I did decide on the JVM I'd choose Kotlin over Java.
I'm historically a huge fan of the JVM and Java, and I'd like to see it back on top, but right now I think the competition is better positioned and until the many initiatives going on (such as Loom) start to have a major impact on the ecosystem, it's no longer automatically my first choice.
When I compare the concurrency model on the JVM (and especially Java itself) to the modern competition from the likes of GoLang and C# there are clear and obvious drawbacks. Even comparing just the Java language and some other JVM languages like Kotlin and Scala, it comes up well short.
Project Loom certainly looks to be a step in the right direction. I haven't looked at it in depth recently but Virtual Threads and Continuations will be a welcome addition and last time I did look it was promising in terms of implementation.
If I were creating a new project today I'd likely reach for GoLang or DotNet (now that Core and Framework are unified) before the JVM, and if I did decide on the JVM I'd choose Kotlin over Java.
I'm historically a huge fan of the JVM and Java, and I'd like to see it back on top, but right now I think the competition is better positioned and until the many initiatives going on (such as Loom) start to have a major impact on the ecosystem, it's no longer automatically my first choice.