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> improved support for multi-gigabyte heaps I've heard this thrown around before, but what this actually mean? Is it just some optimizations to the garbage col

> improved support for multi-gigabyte heaps I've heard this thrown around before, but what this actually mean? Is it just some optimizations to the garbage collector?

pas 12y ago
Work on G1 GC. Now it can deal better with humongous regions (can collect them in mixed cycles, not just at the end of a slow and expensive full marking cycle), had a lot of fine tuning work done, and all in all, it seems to me that Oracle allocated/allowed/encouraged JVM GC developers to participate on the hotspot mailing list. ( http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-use/ http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-use/ ) And see also: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?jql=project%20in%20(JDK)%20AND%20component%20in%20(hotspot)%20AND%20Subcomponent%20in%20(gc) https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?jql=project%20in%20(JD...