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Re:Sub-10 ms Latency in Java: Concurrent GC with Green Threads by kjeetgill on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:51PM (#24063528)
Interesting! In what way are they handled specially?
Re:Sub-10 ms Latency in Java: Concurrent GC with Green Threads by pron on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:27PM (#24065192)
Unlike any other object, the location of references on a stack can change dynamically, so the GC needs to recognise those objects and walk their references differently. There are other subtleties, too.