Chapter 2. CLR Fundamentals
As with any form of troubleshooting, the more you understand the underlying system being debugged the greater success you will have at identifying the root cause. In the .NET world, this translates to understanding how the runtime itself functions. Knowing how the garbage collector works will enable you to more efficiently debug memory “leak” issues. Knowing how the interoperability layer works will enable you to more efficiently debug COM problems. Knowing how synchronization works will enable you to more efficiently debug hangs. And the list goes on and on. Venturing outside of the comfort zone of your own application and digging deep into the runtime will greatly enhance your debugging success. Problems that may ...
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