How does mark sweep algorithm for garbage collection work in java and differ in JVMs?

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I had certain issues while understanding the Internal working of garbage collection. How does internal garbage collection work in java using mark sweep algorithm?

Basically what i wanted to understand are the two points.

1. How Garbage Collection differs in the three big JVMs?

2. Performance Tuning in JVMs when performing Garbage Collection?

PS - I did have a good workout on Google, it did show with a lot of textual stuff which I found difficult to understand. But I am looking for a more animated and good explanation.

This is very broad. Did you have a specific question about this? — NPE, Sep 18 '14 at 08:55
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23883104/concurrent-mark-and-sweep-algorithm-details — assylias, Sep 18 '14 at 08:56
GC simply is a very complex topic and takes a lot of effort to understand in detail. — Aaron Digulla, Sep 18 '14 at 09:01
Moderators of stackoverflow..I have edited my question..and given the exact question...Please donr mark it as duplicate. — sTg, Sep 18 '14 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Garbage collection implementations are complicated, change relatively often, and sometimes differ even within the same release. The following answer gives a reading list which should introduce you to the concepts, after which you would be able to understand the answers to your question:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1319064/138304

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 10:04

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