Kotlin Coroutines and Project Loom: Designs and Tradeoffs

Kotlin by JetBrains · Talk · YouTube title: Coroutines and Loom behind the scenes by Roman Elizarov

Why it's here

Pointed to in Java 21 and Loom discussions as the Kotlin lead's authoritative view on coroutines versus virtual threads.

What it covers

Roman Elizarov compares Kotlin Coroutines with OpenJDK Project Loom virtual threads, looking at their design goals and how those translate into different implementations and tradeoffs. He addresses how the two can coexist.