Project Loom: Java's Virtual Threads – From Nightmares to Modern Concurrency Bliss

In 2006, I worked on a large logistics system for transporting wood for pulp production. One of the most critical modules managed the entry and exit of trucks from a storage yard. We implemented it using Threads in Delphi 7. The debugging process was an absolute nightmare. Hundreds of trucks arriving and leaving, each one triggering database checks, sensor readings, queue management, and synchronization logic. Every thread was a heavyweight OS thread. Memory usage skyrocketed, context switching