On Fri, 2015-08-21 at 01:22 +0000, Nicholas Wilson via Digitalmars-d
-learn wrote:
> 
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> Keep in mind java may be using green threads as opposed to kernel 
> threads.
> The equivalent in D is a Fiber.

I believe Java itself hasn't used green threads in an awful long time:
Threads are mapped to kernel threads.

As you say the "lightweight threads" (aka "green threads",…) has
recently (!) been reinvented under the name fibers. One of the Java
market leaders for this is Quasar, another is GPars.
 
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