I believe that prior to 1.3 (maybe it was 1.2) Java was exact for pointers on the heap, conservative for pointers on the stack, because being exact for pointers on the stack means maintaining ...

Stack memory is freed when the function finishes executing, but it is difficult to determine when to free heap memory, and how it is handled varies depending on the programming language.

Java JVM options list Here are the 21 most important Java JVM options developers can use to configure the JDK at runtime: -Xms sets the initial heap size for the JVM. -Xmx sets the maximum heap size ...