status of gcj's boehm collector?

Fri Dec 7 18:27:00 GMT 2001

Andrew Haley wrote:
>What I'm wondering is whether this is a real or a theoretical
>requirement for gcj. So, for our current implementation, is there any
>chance that calling System.gc() might not call finalizers for files
>that are garmabge before returing? 
>
Yes! The finalizers are run from a separate thread, so its most likely 
that they will not have run when System.gc() returns.
regards
Bryce.