DocumentCode :
3231787
Title :
Oil and water? High performance garbage collection in Java with MMTk
Author :
Blackburn, Stephen M. ; Cheng, Perry ; McKinley, Kathryn S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
fYear :
2004
fDate :
23-28 May 2004
Firstpage :
137
Lastpage :
146
Abstract :
Increasingly popular languages such as Java and C# require efficient garbage collection. This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of MMTk, a Memory Management Toolkit for and in Java. MMTk is an efficient, composable, extensible, and portable framework for building garbage collectors. MMTk uses design patterns and compiler cooperation to combine modularity and efficiency. The resulting system is more robust, easier to maintain, and has fewer defects than monolithic collectors. Experimental comparisons with monolithic Java and C implementations reveal MMTk has significant performance advantages as well. Performance critical system software typically uses monolithic C at the expense of flexibility. Our results refute common wisdom that only this approach attains efficiency, and suggest that performance critical software can embrace modular design and high-level languages.
Keywords :
C++ language; Java; high level languages; software performance evaluation; storage management; C# language; Java language; MMTk; compiler cooperation; design patterns; garbage collection; high-level languages; memory management toolkit; software performance evaluation; systems development; Buildings; Computer science; Hybrid power systems; Java; Memory management; Petroleum; Robustness; Software engineering; System software; Virtual machining;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2004. ICSE 2004. Proceedings. 26th International Conference on
ISSN :
0270-5257
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2163-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2004.1317436
Filename :
1317436
Link To Document :
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