Java virtual threads are much lighter and more efficient than traditional operating system threads, and excel at handling blocking operations. Unfortunately, despite their advantages, virtual threads ...

Unfortunately, Java applications taking advantage of multiple threads can at times run into the dreaded deadlock condition. Fortunately, the Java Platform makes deadlock detection relatively easy.

Tests to confirm symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability of processes and Java threads on Sun hardware have revealed a serious problem in Sun's JDK 1.1.7 that can dramatically reduce the ...