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Does Kotlin have a garbage collector? If so, on which algorithm is it based?

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I'm doing a school project on Kotlin and need to know how it deals with garbage. Is it similar to Java in its garbage collector?

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Dina Kleper Avatar asked Jun 28 '16 09:06

Dina Kleper

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Kotlin is run in JVM so it uses the same garbage collector as Java or any other JVM based language.

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Krzysztof Krasoń Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 01:10

Krzysztof Krasoń
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