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JEPs are the mechanism by which projects deliver changes. This, and two other JEPs form the bulk of the work done as part of Loom, along with a number of other connected JEPs mentioned in this one.


As part of project Loom, these green threads were called Fibers, not VirtualTheads. Did they change the name?


Yes. As ideas were prototyped it became clear that Fibers needed to be Threads or there would be too many rough edges regarding compatibility and concepts that developers would need to keep in their heads.


Thanks for the explanation. A little hard for those who do not follow it closely.




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