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:Err... Java is an open standard. [[Special:Contributions/68.173.113.106|68.173.113.106]] ([[User talk:68.173.113.106|talk]]) 21:01, 21 July 2013 (UTC) (woops, sorry! I thought it was but the oracle google lawsuit made me wonder.

== Reference Type - Delete Phantom Reference Discussion? ==

I think there is a section that needs to be deleted, but am worried I have missed something so wanted to ask for comments before doing so.

The section on reference types contains this sentence:

" Soft references are much like weak references, but the JVM will not deallocate softly-referenced objects until the memory is actually needed."

But the cardinal rule of garbage collection (at least as I understand R/C#/Java) is that memory is only de-allocated/garbage-collected when memory is needed, never before. As such, I don't understand the distinction from a weak reference, and think the table should be condensed.

Anyone object (or see the error?)

Cheers,

N [[User:Evolvedmicrobe|Evolvedmicrobe]] ([[User talk:Evolvedmicrobe|talk]]) 04:28, 1 November 2013 (UTC)