ThinkerQAQ

Garbage Collection / Runtime

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  1. 1.1 GChistorical

    Historical notes on automatic heap-memory reclamation, reference counting, reachability analysis, mark-sweep, mark-compact, copying, and generational GC.

  2. 1.2 STWhistorical

    Historical notes on what STW is, why it happens during GC, and the question of how to reduce it.

  3. 1.3 Memory Leakhistorical

    Historical notes on memory leaks, why GC cannot reclaim memory still referenced by root objects, and several common causes.

  4. 2.1 GC Tuninghistorical

    Historical notes on GC tuning goals, observing GC behavior, and tuning parameters or code.