Handling Memory and Garbage
The common language runtime handles all memory allocation and management that your application requires. This includes the initial allocation that occurs when you declare an object and store data in it, and the release of memory back to the operating system when the object is no longer in use. The automatic garbage collection of unused objects solves all the inherent problems of Win32-based applications when it comes to the mysterious resource losses that Windows would succumb to after running applications.
Memory management is improved with each new version of the Windows operating system, but the fault is not completely that of the operating system. If you're writing C++ applications, it's very easy to forget to ...
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