finalizer()

[John Summerfield]

I have this code:
public class  F
   {
      protected void finalize() throws Throwable
         {
            System.out.println("finalize");
            super.finalize();
         }
      public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable
         {
            F f = new F();
            System.runFinalizersOnExit(true);
            Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalizersOnExit(true);
            f = null;
            System.gc();
         }
   }

My documentation leads me to expect that finalize() will be run and produce
this output:

finalize

However, it produces no output.

[summer@possum summer]$ java -fullversion
java full version "Linux_JDK_1.1.7_v1a_green_threads"

I'm running RedHat Linux 5.0, kernel 2.0.36:
[summer@possum summer]$ uname -a
Linux possum.os2.ami.com.au 2.0.36 #4 Wed Dec 30 20:13:06 WST 1998 i686 unknown



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