I received some feedback on my previous post A good reason for calling GC.Collect() basically saying that I omitted certain details on the garbage collector and weak references. I won't argue that - it is certainly true. However, it wasn't my intention to fully explain either especially since they are...

You've probably heard that you should not call GC .Collect() and generally speaking this is absolutely correct. Yes, there are probably exceptions to that rule but unless you know for sure that calling GC .Collect() will improve the runtime behavior of your application you should refrain from making...