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Sep 1, 2017 · Fundamentals

Is Go’s 10ms GC Pause Claim Real? A Deep Dive into GC Theory and Trade‑offs

This article critically examines Go’s advertised sub‑10 ms garbage‑collection pauses, compares its concurrent mark‑sweep collector with Java’s GC algorithms, and explores the fundamental trade‑offs of throughput, pause time, memory overhead, and scalability that shape modern garbage‑collector design.