http://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/archive/tags/Blog/default.aspxTags: Blogen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/archive/2004/09/02/224855.aspxThu, 02 Sep 2004 21:33:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:224855clyon6http://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/comments/224855.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/commentrss.aspx?PostID=224855<p>Hi!&nbsp; My name is Chris Lyon, and I'm a tester for the .NET Garbage Collector.&nbsp; The GC is one of the least-understood components of the CLR, and I hope to try to help our customers better understand it.</p> <p>Topics I hope to cover:</p> <ul> <li>General overview of how the GC works</li> <li>Finalization</li> <li>GC-related APIs (System.GC, System.Weakreference, GCHandle, etc)</li> <li>Common GC misconceptions</li> <li>GC-related guidelines</li></ul> <p>Any topic suggestions are welcome, so feel free to leave them in the comments.</p> <p>About me:</p> <p>I grew up in Caledon, Ontario, Canada (a suburb of a suburb of Toronto).&nbsp; I graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada in December 2002 and have been working at Microsoft since April 2003.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=224855" width="1" height="1">Blog