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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by cryptonector on Friday August 31, 2018 @12:29AM (#17882961)
Wait, why have a GC if you're going to work around it and end up with manual memory management anyways?
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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by jjnoakes on Friday August 31, 2018 @12:00PM (#17886610)
So that when you make a mistake, instead of random memory corruption, you get a leak or a slower GC cycle.
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