Chris Lyon's WebLog
Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The GC
Tired of the same old “garbage”? Do you want to be the tester for one of the most challenging...
Date: 03/23/2007
As you may know, there are different GC modes to choose from depending on the type of application...
Date: 03/12/2007
In Orcas we’ve added an overload to System.GC.Collect(): void System.GC.Collect(int generation,...
Date: 03/07/2007
The Orcas March CTP is out, and what does that mean for the Garbage Collector? The GC team has been...
Date: 03/06/2007
The purpose of GC.KeepAlive(Object) is to tell the GC not to collect an object until a certain...
Date: 08/28/2006
The WeakReference class has two public constructors. public WeakReference(Object target) public...
Date: 05/01/2006
I’m sure many of you have heard the term “object resurrection” with respect to the GC. It’s an...
Date: 04/25/2006
The WeakReference class has the property IsAlive. The problem with it, is that you can only trust it...
Date: 04/20/2006
Joe Duffy has posted the revised Dispose, Finalization, and Resource Management Design Guideline....
Date: 04/14/2005
I've heard several people asking why GCHandle doesn't implement IDisposable, considering it wraps an...
Date: 03/18/2005
A great post on the BCL Team Blog by Brian Grunkmeyer about SafeHandles. He explains in-depth the...
Date: 03/16/2005
I posted previously about how to set the GC mode your application. So now that you’re running your...
Date: 02/04/2005
Maoni posted Part 2 to Using the GC Efficiently. A very in-depth article about Server, Workstation...
Date: 09/27/2004
One commonly misunderstood feature is the relationship between disposable objects (Objects that...
Date: 09/21/2004
A GCHandle is a struct used to hold onto a managed object to be used by unmanaged code. With a...
Date: 09/17/2004
I keep a GC folder in my Favorites full of links to articles and blog posts about the .NET GC. I...
Date: 09/14/2004
One common question I see asked is the differences between server and workstation GC, and how...
Date: 09/08/2004
Hi! My name is Chris Lyon, and I'm a tester for the .NET Garbage Collector. The GC is one of the...
Date: 09/02/2004