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Max:

I agree with you in cases where you're running a real VM and some of
the GC model changes in 1.2 and Hotspot should address this.

-Rich

Max Polk wrote:
> 
> > 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.

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