Memory Management and Garbage Collection

Memory Management and Garbage Collection focuses performance work on evidence rather than folklore. Java engineers should read these lessons as a disciplined JVM optimization path: measure, isolate the constraint, choose the smallest useful change, and preserve readability unless the metric proves the trade-off.

Use the child pages as practical checkpoints for reviewing hot paths, memory pressure, concurrency decisions, interop boundaries, and production feedback loops.

In this section

• Understanding JVM Garbage Collection
  Explore the intricacies of garbage collection in the JVM, its impact on performance, and how it relates to Clojure development.
• Minimizing Memory Allocation in Clojure
  Explore strategies for reducing memory allocation in Clojure, including data structure reuse, avoiding unnecessary object creation, and leveraging primitives.
• Tuning Garbage Collection for Clojure
  Learn how to tune JVM garbage collection settings to enhance performance in Clojure applications, including heap size adjustments and GC algorithm selection.