From 20dc34b9e9da69260cc48a4fd700edf6b9f3bddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Hoye Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 12:11:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added a link about GCs Added a link to Paul Bone's article about misconceptions developers have about garbage collection. --- readme.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 742ad8f..c168089 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ On character encoding, string formatting, unicode and internationalization. - [Falsehoods about Search](https://opensourceconnections.com/blog/2019/05/29/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-search/) - Why search (including analysis, tokenization, highlighting) is deceptively complex. - [Falsehoods about Bitcoin](https://github.com/theborakompanioni/spring-boot-bitcoin-starter/blob/master/docs/FALSEHOODS.md) - A list of mistaken perspectives on Bitcoin. - [Falsehoods about Pagination](https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2018/12/12/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-pagination.html) - Why your pagination algorithm is giving someone (possibly you) a headache. +- [Falsehoods about garbage collection](https://paul.bone.id.au/blog/2018/10/19/gc-falsehoods/) - Misconceptions about the predictability and performance of garbage collection. - [Myths about File Paths](https://yakking.branchable.com/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-file-paths/) - Diversity of file-systems and OSes makes file paths a little harder than we might think of. - [Myths about CPU Caches](https://software.rajivprab.com/2018/04/29/myths-programmers-believe-about-cpu-caches/) - Misconceptions about caches often lead to false assertions, especially when it comes to concurrency and race conditions. - [Myths about `/dev/urandom`](https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom) - There are a few things about `/dev/urandom` and `/dev/random` that are repeated again and again. Still they are false.