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An Introduction to Real-Time Java Technology: Part 2, Garbage Collection and the Sun Java Real-Time System (Java RTS)

Because Garbage Collection GC is one of the largest sources of unpredictability in Java applications, a real-time Virtual Machine VM must find a way to prevent collection pauses from causing tasks to miss their deadlines. However, it should be noted that the RTSJ does not define real-time GC. There are...

Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Garbage Collection, Java Technology, Sun Java

White papers 2008-07-01

Mozilla delivers Firefox update

Mozilla one Wednesday patched one flaw in Firefox in an update (2.0.0.14). The fix--a crash in JavaScript garbage collector--was deemed critical by Mozilla. According to Mozilla, the problem was created by a previous fix. Here's the description: Fixes for security problems in the JavaScript engine described...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Garbage Collection, Mozilla Corp., Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Deterministic Garbage Collection: Unleash the Power of Java with Oracle JRockit Real Time

This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategy—a 'must have' capability for applications to operate with extreme, predictable performance and scalability. You'll learn: Why data management is a vital component of all mission-critical applications How many of the world's...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Garbage Collection, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-04-01

Garbage Collection for Safety Critical Java

The Real-time Specification for Java and the upcoming, and more restricted, Safety Critical Java standard have been designed to allow programmers to avoid pauses caused by automatic memory management algorithms. Dynamic memory is user-managed using a region-based allocation scheme known as scoped memory areas. However, usage of those scoped memories...

Tags: Memory, Garbage Collection, Association For Computing Machinery, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2007-09-28

Real-Time Java, Part 4: Real-Time Garbage Collection

Real-Time RT application development distinguishes itself from general-purpose application development by imposing time restrictions on parts of the runtime behavior. Such restrictions are typically placed on sections of the application such as an interrupt handler, where the code responding to the interrupt must complete its work in a given time...

Tags: Application Development, Java, Garbage Collection, Software Development, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-05-02

MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: .NET Garbage Collection With Jeffrey Richter (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast gives new insights into garbage collection in Microsoft .NET.

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Garbage Collection, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2006-11-01

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: .NET Garbage Collection With Jeffrey Richter (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast gives the new insights into garbage collection in Microsoft .NET.

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Garbage Collection, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2006-11-01

Profile-Guided Proactive Garbage Collection for Locality Optimization

Many applications written in garbage collected languages have large dynamic working sets and poor data locality. This paper presents a new system for continuously improving program data locality at run time with low overhead. The key contributions include making a case that garbage collection should be viewed as a proactive...

Tags: Optimization, Garbage Collection, Locality Optimization, Data Locality

White papers 2006-06-11

Concurrent Multiprocess Benchmarking of Java Garbage Collection

With the proliferation of parallel computing platforms as a standard computational solution, the need for garbage collection that can likewise be parallelized in applications that require it directly increases. In the interest of more accurately defining the current state of concurrent or mostly-concurrent garbage collection, this research actively benchmarks the...

Tags: Benchmarking, Java, Garbage Collection

White papers 2006-04-30

Tiff Inserter 1.0 (Windows)

This program lets you pick a directory that contains the target files, lets you select an image to insert and gives the user the opportunity to insert the TIFF image at a specified point within the file. The GC option is to use the garbage collection function, which is useful...

Tags: Garbage Collection, Microsoft Windows, Image, Compact, GC Option

Software downloads 2005-10-07

Garbage Collection in the BlackBerry Java Development Environment

To understand proper memory management techniques, one must understand how the garbage collection system works on BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds. The garbage collection system removes unnecessary objects at key times, which enables the system to function at an optimal level. A RAM garbage collection removes unreferenced objects from RAM. A persistent...

Tags: Environment, Garbage Collection, RIM BlackBerry, Development Environment, Garbage Collection System, RAM Garbage Collection, Emergency Garbage Collection

White papers 2005-03-17

Using the C/C++ Garbage Collection Library, libgc

Garbage collection deals with the automatic management of dynamic memory. One can dynamically allocate and deallocate memory by using the C++ operators new and delete as well as by using the libc functions malloc and free. This paper discusses some of the runtime errors related to memory management and how...

Tags: Garbage Collection, Library, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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PowerMops 6.2 (Mac)

PowerMops is a full featured, stand-alone development environment for programming the Macintosh. Inspired by Smalltalk and Neon, PowerMops is based on Forth with extensive object-oriented features such as multiple inheritance, early and late binding, persistent objects, and garbage collection. Its interactive development environment provides for fluid and productive programming by...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Environment, Object-oriented, Programming, Development Environment, Michael Hore, PowerMops, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Apple regroups for living room push; drops 40GB Apple TV, slashes 160GB price

I'll keep hoping for a hardware refresh...But it's equally likely they did this because there is no longer a real price difference between a 40GB hard drive and a 160GB hard drive and sales between the two are equally lackluster. Why have 2 models at all when the parts cost...

Tags: TV, 1080p, Apple TV, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

WebSphere versus .NET: battle royale!

You must have worked your fingers to the bone!Wow, what's this? A 79 word blog, of which 56 of those words are quotes from elsewhere!!!!Well, you've certainly earned your money today!Websphere really doesn't want...to get into an "either/or" battle with .NET because it's an unwinnable battle for the forseeable future....

Tags: Application servers, .NET, Middleware, Enterprise software, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft .NET, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, IBM AIX

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

TinyLogo 1.1 (Mobile)

TinyLogo is a programming language and program execution environment. It is especially friendly to beginning programmers or people who just want to get a simple idea of what programming is all about. It is based on the Logo programmining language and comes complete with Turtle Graphics. Once TinyLogo is installed,...

Tags: Procedure, Mobile, Timothy Lipetz, TinyLogo, Development Tools, Palm OS, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Are we too impatient with SOA?

Are we too impatient with SOA?impatience and laziness? Go back through a lot of articles on your site and you'll find a lot of articles hyping the transformative nature of SOA, the benefits of reuse, etc, etc. SOA has been hyped and oversold from Day 1. It was...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), OOA/OOD/OOP, Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, object-oriented, Java

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Mozilla slaps band-aid on 11 Firefox flaws

Mozilla has joined this week's patchapalooza with the release of a Firefox update to fix 11 documented security vulnerabilities. Six of the 11 issues are in advisories rated "critical" because of the risk of code execution attacks that could allow hackers to take complete control of a...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Attacker, Flaw, JavaScript, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3.0.11, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Cut. Scan. Read.

Cut. Scan. Read.i dunno man.there's something about destroying books that makes me queasy. i know you're not destroying the information... but it's a visceral response, i guess.My biggest issueRight now when I fly, or when the power goes out, I have a book in my lap, reading comfortably by natural...

Tags: natural light, eInk

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Google I/O: How do I code thee? Let me count the ways

Dan Morrill presented a great talk this morning on the 3 different ways to code for Android: Managed Code Dalvik, Ajax, and Native Code. To demonstrate the different ways Dan decided to write the same app , a k-means clustering application, 3 different ways. The first way...

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Dalvik, Native Code, Dalvik App, Web apps/Ajax App, Android 1.5, Android Browser, NDK App, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-05-27