Index: src/benchmark/creation/JavaThread.java
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--- src/benchmark/creation/JavaThread.java	(revision 6aa537a4e23382dcd70067bf61863a8aa795cccb)
+++ src/benchmark/creation/JavaThread.java	(revision 6aa537a4e23382dcd70067bf61863a8aa795cccb)
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+public class JavaThread {
+	public static class MyThread extends Thread {
+		@Override
+		public void run() {}
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+		int NoOfTimes = 50000;
+		long start = System.nanoTime();
+		for(int i = 1; i <= NoOfTimes; i += 1) {
+			JavaThread.MyThread m = new JavaThread.MyThread();
+        		m.start();
+			m.join();
+		}
+		long end = System.nanoTime();
+		System.out.println( (end - start) / NoOfTimes);
+	}
+}
Index: src/benchmark/creation/goroutine.go
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--- src/benchmark/creation/goroutine.go	(revision 6aa537a4e23382dcd70067bf61863a8aa795cccb)
+++ src/benchmark/creation/goroutine.go	(revision 6aa537a4e23382dcd70067bf61863a8aa795cccb)
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+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "time"
+)
+
+var shake chan bool = make( chan bool )
+
+func noop() {
+	shake <- true   // indicate completion
+}
+
+//=======================================
+// benchmark driver
+//=======================================
+
+func main() {
+	const NoOfTimes = 500000
+	start := time.Now()
+	for i := 1; i <= NoOfTimes; i += 1 {
+		go noop()		// creation
+	}
+	end := time.Now()
+	fmt.Printf("%d\n", end.Sub(start) / time.Duration(NoOfTimes))
+	<- shake
+}