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Garbage Collection Algorithm in Java 5

Vishnu Prakash
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What is the garbage collection algorithm that is used by default in JDK 1.5? Anybody have a link to a list of defaults like that?

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Tuning Garbage Collection with the 5.0 Java[tm] Virtual Machine describes the available options and Garbage Collection Ergonomics lists the default strategies for each class of system.


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Vishnu Prakash
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Default GC for Java 1.5: Parallel Collector.

Thanks Joe Ess.
 
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