Efficiency of the .NET garbage collector
- by Jonas B
OK here's the deal.
There are some people who put their lives in the hands of .NET's garbage collector and some who simply wont trust it.
I am one of those who partially trusts it, as long as it's not extremely performance critical (I know I know.. performance critical + .net not the favored combination), in which case I prefer to manually dispose of my objects and resources.
What I am asking is if there are any facts as to how efficient or inefficient performance-wise the garbage collector really is?
Please don't share any personal opinions or likely-assumptions-based-on-experience, I want unbiased facts. I also don't want any pro/con discussions because it won't answer the question.
Thanks