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Shai Almog
Yak Barber, duck whisperer, hunter of bugs, feeder of dogs, heap climber, stack explorer and rider of shells
Wrote about this too a couple of weeks ago. Notice that Java doesn't use reference counting in GCs.
This seems counter intuitive but reference counting actually slows down the GC process.
Ajay Samgir
Chatbot developer, Java Developer, Azure Developer
Thanks for link, I will go with and update my blog too :)