Whats up with static memory in java?

Question

This question is for the java language in particular. I understand that there is a static protion of memory set aside for all static code.

My question is how is this

Answer 1

The initialization of static variables is covered in Section 2.11 Static Initializers of suns JVM spec. The specification does not define the implementation of Garbage collection however so I imagine that garbage collection rules for static objects will vary depending on your VM.