Re: Java thory and proctice: Garbase collection and performance

2004-02-20 Thread John Austin
On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 15:46, J.Pietschmann wrote: > *bg* > Twenty years ago, I had to work on a 8008 driven computer > with 4k RAM and 12k ROM. That's enough to run a program > which nicely prints formatted and justified text (25 lines > a 80 characters). We went a lng way since then. I went

Re: Java thory and proctice: Garbase collection and performance

2004-02-20 Thread J.Pietschmann
John Austin wrote: Isn't allocation the only unseen part of construction ? Everything else is visible in the code and surely a few assignments are never expensive. Any other expensive operations will stand out in measurements of code execution. That's correct. However, the article seemed to shout "

Re: Java thory and proctice: Garbase collection and performance

2004-02-19 Thread John Austin
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 17:53, J.Pietschmann wrote: > John Austin wrote: > > I noticed this artcle on Developer Works: > > > > Java theory and practice: Garbage collection and performance > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp01274.html > > > > Something to read on Thursday. > > N

Re: Java thory and proctice: Garbase collection and performance

2004-02-19 Thread J.Pietschmann
John Austin wrote: I noticed this artcle on Developer Works: Java theory and practice: Garbage collection and performance http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp01274.html Something to read on Thursday. Nice read, however, they don't talk about constructors. There are still arguments f