.NET Memory Management

davybrion.com — Garbage Collection sure is great, isn’t it? We don’t have to keep track of all the memory we’ve allocated and we don’t need to release that memory when it’s no longer needed. Because that is after all what the Garbage Collector does for us, without us having to worry about it. This is actually a widespread misconception among many .NET developers. It’s true that Garbage Collection makes memory management a lot easier, but we simply can’t rely on it all the time. There are most certainly some things you must always keep in mind when it comes to memory management in .NET. read more...

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Hidden Gems - Not the same old 3.5 SP1 post

submitted by crpietschmann 6 days, 5 hours ago

hanselman.com — Folks were hassling me in the comments for not posting the picosecond that .NET 3.5 SP1 came out (or, as I like to call it, .NET 3.6 - although the bosses really don't like that). read more...

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SQL 2008 RTM Released, and includes .NET 3.5 SP1

submitted by crpietschmann 12 days, 12 hours ago

pietschsoft.com — I'm currently installing SQL 2008 Developer Edition, and before the installation could proceed, it needed to install an update to the .NET Framework 3.5. What update does it need to install? Well, .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 is the update it needs. Now as you can see from the below screeshot, it doesn't say anything about being Beta. I wonder?... I wouldn't think SQL 2008 RTM would install .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta... So, I could only assume that this is the .NET 3.5 SP1 RTM that it's installing. However, this is a presumptuous conclusion and I don't really have any facts to back this up. It does make you wonder though... read more...

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Some other consideration about dynamic code generation

submitted by alkampfer 12 days, 20 hours ago

nablasoft.com — It is really a smart idea to implement INotifyPropertyChanged with a dynamic proxy? Maybe not, it depends on how BindingList<T> is implemented, but is is also a problem of dynamic types, "you does not know the real dynamic type until run-time" read more...

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A Money Type for the CLR

codeproject.com — A convenient, high-performance money structure for the CLR which handles arithmetic operations, currency types, formatting, and careful distribution and rounding without loss. Also, a look at the various approaches out there for creating a Money type on the CLR. read more...

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Microsoft Windows SDK Blog : What NEW Windows SDK Features do you want

submitted by crpietschmann 27 days, 18 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — How would you spend $100 on NEW Windows SDK features? We're planning our next version and subsequent releases of the SDK. In that spirit, we’re running a quick poll of Windows SDK users to help us keep our "vision" for the SDK aligned with yours. If you had a hypothetical $100 to spend on the list of brainstormed features below, how would you allocate the dollars? read more...

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Is Managed Code Slower Than Unmanaged Code?

grimes.demon.co.uk — Ask anyone the question above and they will say that managed is slower than unmanaged code. Are they right? No they are not. The problem is that when most people think of .NET they think of other frameworks with a runtime, like Java or Visual Basic; or they may even think about interpreters. They do not think about applications, or what they do; they do not think about limiting factors like network or disk access; in short, they do not think. read more...

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SQL CLR without DLL Depenency for your production server

submitted by Anastasiosyal 1 month, 2 days ago

anastasiosyal.com — Have you been shying out of putting extra functions on your SQL Server 2005 using SQL CLR simply because you are afraid of DLL Hell biting back?! Here is a quick tip on how to deploy SQL CLR assemblies without needing to deploy the dll. read more...

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