Tackling memory limitations imposed on Java applications, Terracotta on Tuesday will offer what it describes as a breakthrough in solving the “universal problem” of Java garbage collection. The ...

One of the most important aspects of the Java programming environment that make it especially appropriate for development of complex high-availability system software is automatic garbage collection, ...

C still is the top embedded development language, while C++ and Java are catching up. Are you worried that trying these object-oriented platforms will poison the water, cause object-code bloat, and ...

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San Francisco — Sun Microsystems Inc. is rolling out a faster version of its real-time Java software. The Sun Java Real Time Systems 2.0 promises latencies of just a few hundred microseconds. Included ...

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Garbage collection certainly doesn’t sound like a particularly enticing subject, given that most associate it with dragging cans out to the sidewalk once a week. But garbage collection is an important ...

I'm seeing some really odd memory usage and garbage collection behavior in a web application my team supports. We have a homebrewed monitoring application that tracks memory and CPU utilization and ...