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		Skinney on Nov 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java Virtual Threads Preview I didn't mention calling Java from Kotlin. Kotlin can call a Java API to spawn a lightweight thread. There's no reason to use coroutines when you can do that.

pjmlp on Nov 16, 2021 [–]

Only if the Kotlin code is to be tied to the JVM, if you want that Kotlin library to be usable on Android, that isn't an option.

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