Alex Nedelcu on Nostr: npub1yy8jn…vyfzq Also, fixing blocking APIs (making use of java\.net, etc) is a big ...

npub1yy8jnmvkegndrlygssm979wf04jema23uc3384fu8nklacxfqyas5vyfzq (npub1yy8…yfzq) Also, fixing blocking APIs (making use of java\.net, etc) is a big deal. Whether they used non-blocking I/O under the hood was irrelevant for the developer, until Loom. Now, all of a sudden, they no longer cost platform threads being blocked, and are also interruptible. The value being in upgrading old code.

Having a well-behaved JDBC, for example, is a big deal, and it practically obsoleted nascent alternatives overnight (e.g., R2DBC).