The Java virtual machine manages application memory and provides a portable execution environment for Java-based applications. Developers reap the rewards in performance, stability, and predictable ...

Sun Microsystems Laboratories (Sun Labs) is working on a research effort to address issues with the memory footprint, startup and execution times when running multiple Java applications concurrently.

Memory management is central to every program. Dangling pointers due to improper memory management procedures are among the banes of C and C++. Automatic free memory management, or garbage collection, ...