java可以开启线程吗？

开不了
可以从源码中看出来，首先写一个简单的测试类

public class Test01 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread().start();
    }
}

然后Ctrl+左键进入start方法

	public synchronized void start() {
        /**
         * This method is not invoked for the main method thread or "system"
         * group threads created/set up by the VM. Any new functionality added
         * to this method in the future may have to also be added to the VM.
         *
         * A zero status value corresponds to state "NEW".
         */
        if (threadStatus != 0)
            throw new IllegalThreadStateException();

        /* Notify the group that this thread is about to be started
         * so that it can be added to the group's list of threads
         * and the group's unstarted count can be decremented. */
        group.add(this);

        boolean started = false;
        try {
            start0();
            started = true;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (!started) {
                    group.threadStartFailed(this);
                }
            } catch (Throwable ignore) {
                /* do nothing. If start0 threw a Throwable then
                  it will be passed up the call stack */
            }
        }
    }
    
    private native void start0();

从源码中可以看到，start方法是把线程放到了group中，然后执行了一个start0方法。而start0方法是一个本地方法，放在本地方法库中。众所周知，本地方法库是用C++编写的。