Just Curious, What Kind Of Garbage Collector Does Sun's JVM Use?

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res7cxbi@verizon.net - 06 Jan 2006 00:04 GMT

The Subject Line is self explanatory for this topic

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Chris Smith - 06 Jan 2006 08:23 GMT

> The Subject Line is self explanatory for this topic

What exactly do you want to know? The collector is generational,
precise, and copying in most situations. I'm not sure if there's a non-
copying collector in there for large objects or the oldest generation...
but those are typical places where mark/sweep might be used.

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Robert Klemme - 06 Jan 2006 11:29 GMT

> The Subject Line is self explanatory for this topic

http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc/
http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc1.4.2/index.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ALT/RefObj/
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/performance/1st_edition/html/JPAppGC.fm.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp01274.html?ca=dnt-54
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-gctroub/
...

robert

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