tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124855005622377541.post2014756774575796141..comments2010-04-14T20:38:06.504+05:30vahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299039029147936014noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124855005622377541.post-6536518442049931402010-02-24T21:31:21.957+05:302010-02-24T21:31:21.957+05:30It seems that gc dies not work in Windows properly. E.g. the code<br /><br />package longstring;<br /><br />import java.io.*;<br />import java.io.IOException;<br /><br />public class Main {<br /><br /> public static void main(String[] args) {<br /> String a10=&quot;1234567890&quot;;<br /> String a100 = a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10 + a10;<br /> String a1k = a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100 + a100;<br /> String a10k = a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k + a1k;<br /> String a100k = a10k + a10k + a10k + a10k + a10k +a10k + a10k + a10k + a10k + a10k;<br /> String a1m = a100k + a100k + a100k + a100k + a100k +a100k + a100k + a100k + a100k + a100k;<br /> String a_current=a1m;<br /> try {<br /> while (true) {<br /> a_current=a_current+a1m;<br /> System.out.println(&quot;Line length=&quot;+a_current.length());<br /> System.gc();<br /> }<br /> } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {<br /> System.out.println(&quot;Error occured: &quot;+e);<br /> }<br /><br /> }<br /> }<br /> started by command &quot;java -jar -Xmx1500m LongString.jar&quot; fails at 181,000,000 bytes that us 12.5% of heap size. Isn&#39;t it strange?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com