Hi Ben, On every VM I've worked with finalize support is implemented pretty much the same way. That would be all Sun based VMs and IBM's implementation. It's been a while with JRocket but I think they are close. There is *no* benefit for the JVM to keep object hanging about for any longer than necessary. VM implementors are working very hard to make sure that objects are cleared ASAP.
Regards, Kirk Ben Schulz wrote: > On 22 Jul., 13:51, kirk <kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> If only finalize() would be reliable. >>> >> finalize is reliable, you just have to understand how it's implemented. >> > > I'm pretty sure that a JVM may never reclaim any memory, obviously not > a very viable strategy, but it does imply that finalize() is not > reliable. Are you perhaps assuming the program is run on a Hotspot > JVM? > > With kind regards > Ben > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
