Screaming Penguin

http://dhanji.posterous.com/taking-out-the-trash-and-other-cliches The SoftReference class should really have been called the SuccubusReference, because that's what it is--a seductress of meretricious and superficial beauty, who will drag your soul to hell and leave your corporeal body a listless shell, exhausted and empty. Not much more to say, excellent article, read it. (Really well written, interesting, and addresses some important stuff anybody using the JVM should be aware of.)