An Overview of the .NET Compact Framework Garbage Collector

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Understanding garbage collection is important when tuning the performance of your .NET Compact Framework-based applications. Check out Steven Pratschner's post on the subject:

An Overview of the .Net Compact Framework Garbage Collector
"Developers frequently ask for more information about how the garbage collector works in the .NET Compact Framework. In this blog entry, I’ll address the questions we are most often asked about the collector. I’ll start by describing the overall model for collections in the .NET Compact Framework. I’ll then point out a few of the key differences between how collections are done in the .NET Compact Framework and the full .NET Framework. If you have questions I don’t answer, feel free to send me mail or comment on this entry and I’ll work to get them addressed in the future."