Why is finalize wrong?

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2014/9/3 2:58 -0700, aph at redhat.com:
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> As Jarolsav put it, "I don't think this is explainable to regular Java
> developers."  As David Lloyd put it, "If you still think that finalize
> is a good idea, given that it's basically defective *and* there is
> almost always a better solution, then I will be quite astounded."  As
> I put it, "finalize is broken."

Indeed -- I couldn't have said it better myself!

- Mark