Java Garbage Collection remains a topic of major interest even after 25 years. Many developers are still confused about the fundamentals, even of the most widely-used implementation (Parallel).

How to force Java garbage collection While a developer can never actually force Java garbage collection, there are ways to make the JVM prioritize memory management functions. In review, five ways to ...

The Java platform’s garbage collection mechanism greatly increases developer productivity, but a poorly implemented garbage collector can over-consume application resources. In this third ...

Java’s garbage collection algorithm is one of the more sophisticated options available, which is why Google implemented Googe Sheets in Java. Now, Google wants to take things a step further, by ...