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Prior to the introduction of Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4.1, writing effective applications that needed high throughput or minimal pause time during execution proved difficult for Java ...

Object Lifetimes Garbage collection algorithms are often optimized with the expectation that most objects live for a very short period of time, while relatively few live for very long. In most ...

Learn how C4’s concurrently compacting garbage collection algorithm helps boost Java scalability for low-latency enterprise Java applications, in this installment of Eva Andreasson’s JVM performance ...

Excelsior, a Russian maker of compliant Java Standard Edition (Java SE) implementations, has shipped an updated version of its flagship Java optimizer and native code generator, called JET ("Just ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. As part of JEP-291, the popular Concurrent Mark Sweep garbage collection algorithm has been ...

One of the most important aspects of the Java programming environment that make it especially appropriate for development of complex high-availability system software is automatic garbage collection, ...