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Java Hotspot VM 17.0 and Garbage First (G1)
Learn More About These Technologies Included in Java SE 6 Update 21
July 23, 2010,
Volume 149, Issue 3

Learn more about the Java Hotspot Virtual Machine (VM) 17.0 included with the release of the Java SE 6 Update 21 as Markus Eisele focuses on the latest improvements primarily made to the Garbage First (G1) garbage collector (GC) in a recent blog entry. The G1 is a new GC that is being introduced in the Java HotSpot VM in JDK 7. It is considered experimental and is available in Early Access only. Eisele shows how users can enable it and work with this "server-style" GC. [...read more...]

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