I believe that prior to 1.3 (maybe it was 1.2) Java was exact for pointers on the heap, conservative for pointers on the stack, because being exact for pointers on the stack means maintaining ...

Understanding Java threads – read the whole series Part 1: Introducing threads and runnables Part 2: Thread synchronization Part 3: Thread scheduling, wait/notify, and thread interruption Part 4 ...

For the past 7 years I've been working almost exclusively with Java, with a bit of csh/bash scripting and a few simple single-line fixes to C code. My C++ experience is pre-1997. Temporarily ...