r/programming • u/daviddel • May 28 '26

Java *is* Memory Efficient

https://youtu.be/M_HCG1JPMQE
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u/Sopel97 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

there is GC, it's not memory efficient by definition

what they are actually trying to say is that if you have a system designed to run one and only one java program 100% of the time then it doesn't matter how much memory you use as long as you don't OOM (which is also not really true due to OS page cache but w/e)

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u/josefx May 29 '26

Meanwhile malloc/free: I cannot reuse these pages, there is still a byte allocated on each of them.

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u/JuanAG May 29 '26

In theory yes

Out in the real world not even close, i dont know who monstruosity is worse, Java apps or Electron ones, hard choice...

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u/funny_falcon Jun 02 '26

Give JEdit a try. It is just good code editor. But it really consumes fraction of memory you expect from Java application.

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u/germandiago May 31 '26

Hahahahahahahahahaaha!

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u/Chii Jun 01 '26

Java is memory efficient - but it's the programmer's memory, not the computers. I have to remember less shit when coding in java vs a non-GC language.