Why do finalizers have a "severe performance penalty"?

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Published on 2010-05-18T18:52:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 19:00 UTC
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Effective Java says :

There is a severe performance penalty for using finalizers.

Why is it slower to destroy an object using the finalizers?

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