Re:Baffled by generational garbage collection – wingolog
by gf000 on Sunday February 09, 2025 @12:49PM
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Yeah, it's probably a bit unfair given that GC research itself is just Java.
Also, there might be some philosophical difference at play here, Java (the JVM) tends to expose only a very limited API (no structs, pointers, etc), but this allows more flexibility on the runtime part, while .NET let's the developer touch/control everything, but that might means less room for doing some advanced stuff on the runtime side.
The age-old generic-specific balance.
(Also, I like this playful competition between languages, much better than pointless flamewars :D)
Also, there might be some philosophical difference at play here, Java (the JVM) tends to expose only a very limited API (no structs, pointers, etc), but this allows more flexibility on the runtime part, while .NET let's the developer touch/control everything, but that might means less room for doing some advanced stuff on the runtime side.
The age-old generic-specific balance.
(Also, I like this playful competition between languages, much better than pointless flamewars :D)