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> BlockingQueue is a kind of channel already, what are you thinking to add?

The main difference between a channel and a BlockingQueue is that a channel can be closed, i.e. it allows one or both sides to signal the other that they're done producing/consuming.

> And to the main point, of course, Java has plenty of thread comrunioation possibilities, Loom just makes threads cheaper.

Definitely.




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