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There are alt garbage collectors you can plug in or write yourself.

https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/304




That's not what they are asking for. Well there is epsilon GC but rather than writing java that doesn't allocate, I'd rather write C++ or Go.

This is the problem with Java ecosystem. Horribly reinventing simpler things in complex ways, from frameworks to build systems, and selling them as next big thing ™.


Then you have either the pleasure to win the lottery and be part of the 70% statistic, or do tricks with 1GB memory allocations to force the GC to work, choices.


What 70% statistic?





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