2. .NET Resource Management
The simple fact that .NET programs run in a managed environment has a big impact on the kinds of designs that create effective C#. Taking advantage of that environment requires changing your thinking from other environments to the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). It means understanding the .NET Garbage Collector. An overview of the .NET memory management environment is necessary to understand the specific recommendations in this chapter, so let’s get on with the overview.
The Garbage Collector (GC) controls managed memory for you. Unlike native environments, you are not responsible for most memory leaks, dangling pointers, uninitialized pointers, or a host of other memory-management issues. But the Garbage Collector ...
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