Hey JAXPLE,
Virtual threads are a new feature of Java 21.
Basically, the JVM won't have to start and stop a "real" platform thread every time you create a virtual thread. Instead, it re-uses the same platform thread to run multiple virtual threads, one after the other.
Virtual threads can perform much better than platform threads at simple tasks that involve a lot of waiting - like the HTTP requests that ChatTranslator does.
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