Apache Storm
Quasar
| Apache Storm | Quasar | |
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| - | 6 | |
| 6,539 | 4,547 | |
| 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 9.3 | 0.0 | |
| 15 days ago | 3 months ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Apache Storm
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Quasar
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Java 21 makes me like Java again
Java 21 doesn't retrofit green threads though. Quasar [0] is a library that implemented fibers for Java and the main developer pron has joined the OpenJDK development team. All that was necessary for first party support is to make the JDK libraries yield when blocking.
Adopting async isn't impossible at all, there is very little demand for it.
[0] https://docs.paralleluniverse.co/quasar/
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Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang
Third party options have been around for nearly a decade now: https://docs.paralleluniverse.co/quasar/
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Picking up Go as a Java dev—what could possibly go wrong?
Quasar Fiber (https://docs.paralleluniverse.co/quasar/) is the equivalent implementation of goroutine in Java.
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Helidon Nima - First Framework built from the ground up for Project Loom
Even Loom architect Ron Pressler had something else in mind with his earlier prototype Quasar, with a spaceship demo.
- Thread Pools on the JVM
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DoorDash: Migrating From Python to Kotlin for Our Backend Services
I'd say because of Erlang. Loom's architect was building a bytecode-modifying (with a javaagent) lib named Quasar before he joined Oracle. The project page mentions a news titled "Introductory blog post: Erlang (and Go) in Clojure (and Java), Lightweight Threads, Channels and Actors for the JVM." in May 2, 2013.
What are some alternatives?
Akka - Build highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications on the JVM
Vert.x - Vert.x is a tool-kit for building reactive applications on the JVM
Hazelcast - Hazelcast is a unified real-time data platform combining stream processing with a fast data store, allowing customers to act instantly on data-in-motion for real-time insights.
Apache ZooKeeper - Apache ZooKeeper
Hazelcast Jet - Distributed Stream and Batch Processing
Zuul - Zuul is a gateway service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more.
Hystrix - Hystrix is a latency and fault tolerance library designed to isolate points of access to remote systems, services and 3rd party libraries, stop cascading failure and enable resilience in complex distributed systems where failure is inevitable.
Orbit - Orbit - Virtual actor framework for building distributed systems
JGroups - The JGroups project
Pinpoint - APM, (Application Performance Management) tool for large-scale distributed systems.