🚀 go-pugleaf

> You've never been able to count on your finalizer in Applets.  If the
> browser closes the VM dies.  As it dies it may start the process for
> the finalizer but like garbage collection there is no guarantee.
> 
> -Rich
> 
> Pamela Frimer wrote:
> > 
> > I created an applet that is based off of JApplet.  There are no
> > components on the applet and the applet itself doesn't do anything. I
> > just created a new applet within JBuilder and did not add any code,
> > except for a finalize routine to see if it gets called.

This is one of the very most sore spots I have with Java -- that you have 
to "remember" to do things you ordinarily put into a C++ destructor.  But 
this is the price you pay for garbage collection I suppose.  Still, it 
would seem reasonable to enhance the language to allow you to force 
finalization if desired so we can count on it.