[1706] in java-interest
Re: Learner's questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Thu Sep 14 22:12:54 1995
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:35:03 -0800 (PDT)
From: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <min@oti.on.ca>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Min,
> Hi. I just got a copy of Java binary distribution running on a WinNT
> machine. I have a few simple questions which I could not find answers within
> the package distribution.
> 1. What kinds of garbage collection algorithms being used in Java
> run-time system?
We use a conservative mark+sweep garbage collector. This is an implementation
detail, we could have used a more advanced gc.
> 2. From the class API docs, I don't how to let a thread wait on a OS
> event? Or I have to go
> through native methods. Are there any other sync. methods other than
> wait()/notify()? Because
> those two seems do not support conditional variables or events.
What kind of OS event are you talking about? We don't provide direct access
to any system dependent features.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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