Generational Z Garbage Collector would lower garbage collection CPU overhead, lower heap memory overhead, and reduce the risk of allocations stalls, OpenJDK proposal says.

Real-time garbage collection isn't an oxymoron. Just try spreading the cost of garbage collection over time so programming languages like Java can suit real-time applications without resorting to ...

Plans are afoot to make the G1 server-style garbage collector the default collector for 32- and 64-bit Java server configurations, but there could be complications. As noted in JEP (JDK ...

Oracle Corp. has proposed making the Garbage-First (G1) Collector the default HotSpot garbage collector (GC) in JDK 9 on 32- and 64-bit server configurations, sparking some debate in the Java ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Excelsior LLC, a well-established vendor of compliant Java SE technology implementations, has shipped today the newest version of its flagship product, ...

C still is the top embedded development language, while C++ and Java are catching up. Are you worried that trying these object-oriented platforms will poison the water, cause ...

While our servers are getting decked out with faster and faster hardware, the Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) that are running on them can't effectively leverage the extra hardware without hitting a wall ...

For example, if an application overzealously allocates instances, the garbage collector (GC) will be forced into action when object references go out of scope. Increasingly frequent GC cycles will not ...