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GC only calls finalize when I print something first?

Posted by David Pinhasik on November 29, 2001 at 10:40 AM

HI, I am new to Java. In "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel, I am doinfg one of the excercises on garbage collection and finalize(). I noticed that my finalize() is not called unless i have a System.out.printlin("gc"); before the System.gc() call. Bruce also has this print in his example. Any ideas?

David

• Re: "Thinking in Java" example Brian Sanders November 29, 2001 at 11:10 AM (1)
  • Re: "Thinking in Java" example and forced finalization David Pinhasik December 02, 2001 at 4:12 AM (0)