Siehe auch:
Hans Boehm: Allocation and GC Myths http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/myths.ps
Brian Goetz: Garbage collection in the HotSpot JVM http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp11253/
Garbage Collection FAQ http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc1.4.2/faq.html