Java Under the Hood

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Java Under the Hood

Java Under the Hood — Part 1: Java Virtual Machine
The expression under the hood is an allusion to an automobile. The “hood” refers to the hatch covering the engine compartment wherein one finds the engine and internal components that make up the bulk of the functional electronic and mechanical compo...
Feb 20, 20248 min read56
Java Under the Hood — Part 2: Memory Management
In the first part, we discussed theoretically the process that occurs from the compilation of a .java file until the loading of the .class file into the Java runtime. We also discussed briefly how the interpreter — one of JVM's aspects — uses an exec...
Feb 20, 20249 min read110