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Introducing Garbage Collection (GC)

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We introduce the concept of automatic memory management in .NET, contrasting it with manual C/C++ allocation and the pitfalls of reference counting used in COM. The lesson explains why the garbage collector was added to the C# language, and why modern garbage collector performance rivals hand-optimized C code.

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This Module The .NET Garbage Collector
Introducing Garbage Collection (GC)
Introducing Garbage Collection (GC)
Mark and Sweep GC
Mark and Sweep GC
Heap Compaction and Object References
Heap Compaction and Object References
Generational Garbage Collection
Generational Garbage Collection
The Small and Large Object Heaps
The Small and Large Object Heaps
GC Performance and Assumptions
GC Performance and Assumptions
GC Memory Layout Strategies
GC Memory Layout Strategies
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