Java's threads are managed in kernel space, not at the VM level and are definite...

		bad_user on Oct 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Play framework for Java - a radical rethink of Jav... Java's threads are managed in kernel space, not at the VM level and are definitely not "lightweight". They are faster than forking processes though, but Java applications (because they share state between threads) are less scalable.