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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Controlling the Garbage Collector
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:49:51 -0400
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On 6/25/2012 1:45 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>[...]
>      Exactly: The JVM could not simply trust the System.gc(obj)
> call to be telling the truth, because that would open the door
> to all manner of attacks.[...]

     ... like

	System.gc(Runtime.getRuntime());

;-)

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid