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Java's ZGC and Shenandoah collectors suspend threads only briefly -- less than one millisecond regardless of the heap size.

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How come more languages doesn't implement non-halting GC?

The garbage collector must lock threads if it is compacting or does not create separate stacks for pointers only. All GCs for Java a lock application threads.

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