Garbage Collection and Finalization
Memory management is a critical aspect of programming and can be the source of many errors. Whenever a resource is created, memory must be provided for it. And when the resource is no longer needed, the memory should be reclaimed. If the memory is not reclaimed, the amount of memory available for other resources is reduced. If such “memory leaks” recur often enough (which can happen in long-running server programs), the program can crash. Another potential bug is to reclaim memory while it is still required by another part of the program.
.NET greatly simplifies the programming of memory management through an automatic garbage collection facility. The CLR tracks the use of memory that is allocated on the managed ...
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