This is starting to sound like one of those "Hibernate knows best" sort of discussions. lol
A sentiment I generally agree with, mind you. Second guessing Java's GC logic is probably for pretty darn special scenarios. ~Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[email protected]> To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:52 PM Subject: Re: query passed by value from a udf? > >> So the question now is if GC can be called programatically after all >> references to a large 'object' is removed during a single request. > > While Brad points out that this is possible, I don't know if objects > are actually marked for deletion until the request has finished. In > addition, it's the kind of thing that you really don't want to get > into - if you want to manage memory directly, that's why we have > C/C++. The thrust of modern languages like Java is that memory > management should be something that the computer does, rather than the > programmer. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:331530 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
