Memory garbage collection is only one of the applications of reference counting; it is also used for deallocation control of system objects, Windows COM objects, and file system blocks or files.

Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the "universal problem" of Java garbage collection.

Automatic free memory management, or garbage collection, is inherent to platforms like Java and Microsoft’s .NET. In the latter, “managed” applications like those written in C# utilize ...

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 ...

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, ...

Common wisdom is to avoid the System.gc() command in code and find other ways to configure the JVM's Java garbage collection algorithms to achieve optimal memory management performance. However, it's ...

Garbage collection certainly doesn’t sound like a particularly enticing subject, given that most associate it with dragging cans out to the sidewalk once a week. But garbage collection is an ...

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, ...

BigMemory Ehcache Addon Dumps Java Garbage Collection. By John K. Waters; 09/16/10; Terracotta has released to beta a new Java addon for the Enterprise version of its Ehcache distributed Java caching ...

News. BigMemory Ehcache Add-On Dumps Java Garbage Collection. By John K. Waters; September 15, 2010; Terracotta has released to beta a new Java add-on for the Enterprise version of its Ehcache ...