To address the deficiencies of Java GC, a variety of garbage collection algorithms have been created, all of which behave slightly differently. The more developers and sys admins know about Java GC, ...

Generational garbage collectors tend to operate in two distinct collection cycles: Minor collections, where short-lived objects are collected, and the less frequent Major collections, where the ...

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 ...

Under the proposal being considered, Java threads would never wait for a G1 GC operation to complete. Goals of the proposal would be met by extending G1 to pin arbitrary regions during major and ...