Garbage collection

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Alan T - 14 Dec 2007 04:00 GMT

What is the frequency the garbage collector to clear the non-referenced
memory?
eg. every minute?

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Peter Duniho - 14 Dec 2007 04:33 GMT

> What is the frequency the garbage collector to clear the non-referenced
> memory?
> eg. every minute?

There's no set frequency. It collects garbage when it needs to due to
"memory pressure".

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Scott M. - 15 Dec 2007 18:10 GMT

And if there isn't sufficient memory pressure, then no collection takes
place. This means that de-referenced objects could remain in memory for
extended periods, which is why calling Dispose on objects that use unmanaged
resources is so important.

-Scott

>> What is the frequency the garbage collector to clear the non-referenced
>> memory?
>> eg. every minute?
>
> There's no set frequency. It collects garbage when it needs to due to
> "memory pressure".

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