Java Enhances Z Garbage Collector with Generational Capabilities

July 7, 2023

JEP 439, Generational ZGC, has been promoted from Targeted to Completed for JDK 21. This JEP proposes to improve application performance by extending the Z Garbage Collector (ZGC) to maintain separate generations for young and old objects. This will allow ZGC to collect young objects, which tend to die young, more frequently.

By A N M Bazlur Rahman  

InfoQ – Java 

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