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Comment Re:garbage collector (Score 2, Insightful) 239

It never ceases to amaze me how naive people can be when it comes to Java. The truth is, the underlying VM is a different technology than the "Manage it yourself" tradition of C/C++. While garbage collection is an additional process that occurs in a VM environment such as Java or .NET, there are peformance advantages to using such a process. (And no, I am not refering to the programmer laziness argument about not having to manage memory in Java... I am talking about the efficiency of allocation and deallocation that a Java VM affords)

I do not plan on engaging in any arguments back and forth about the two types of memory management... But if you are truly interested in an article that means to show the reality of the "performance characteristics" of a Java VM, please read the article listed below. It is truly a well written article and worth the read.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library /j-jtp09275.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01JavaUrbanLegends

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