Pro .NET Memory Management: For Better Code, Performance, and Scalability

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K. Kokosa et al.Pro .NET Memory Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0453-3_1

1. Basic Concepts

Konrad Kokosa¹  , Christophe Nasarre² and Kevin Gosse²

(1)

Warsaw, Poland

(2)

Paris, France

 

Let’s start with a simple yet essential question. When should you care about .NET memory management if it is all automated? Should you care at all? As you probably expect by the fact that we wrote such a book, we strongly encourage you to think about memory in every developer’s situation. This is often what makes the difference between proof of concept on a developer machine and production-ready code. Is it optimal in terms of CPU and memory usage? Is it maintainable, ...