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Difference between sampling and profiling in jVisualVM

VisualVM has two separate tabs for sampling and profiling. What is the difference between sampling and profiling in VisualVM?

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Is there a reason to call delete in C++ when a program is exiting anyway?

In my C++ main function, for example, if I had a pointer to a variable which uses heap memory (as …

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Detailed memory usage analysis of windows crash dump file?

We have received a native (full) crash dump file from a customer. Opening it in the Visual Studio (2005) debugger shows …

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Peeking in a heap in python

What is the official way of peeking in a python heap as created by the heapq libs? Right now I …

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What's the advantage of using std::allocator instead of new in C++?

I've just read about std::allocator. In my opinion, it is more complicated to use it instead of using new …

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Where are all the static members stored?

I'm trying to learn how C# manages memory. I am stuck on static elements, I read numerous blogs and articles …

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Kth largest element in a max-heap

I'm trying to come up with something to solve the following: Given a max-heap represented as an array, return the …

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Setting Java Heap Size under Apache Karaf

I apologize if this is a duplicate, but I can't seem to find this answered anywhere. What is the best …

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How can I implement decrease-key functionality in Python's heapq?

I know it is possible to realize decrease-key functionality in O(log n) but I don't know how?

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Encourage the JVM to GC rather than grow the heap?

(Note that when I say "JVM", I really mean "Hotspot", and I'm running the latest Java 1.6 update.) Example situation: My …

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