[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Sean Cross]

> 
> The GC in .NET has evolved more and more facilities to "configure" and
> "tune" it, which again raises the question in my mind... if GC is
> supposed
> to be this great, automated memory management system, why does it need
> so
> much tweaking and tuning?
> 

In typical use, it doesn't need any tweaking.  I suspect that there are some memory usage patterns it doesn't perform so well on, and in those cases you tune it.  In extreme cases, you use something else :).

In the same vein, if my wife's automatic gearbox is so good, why does it have a sports and economy setting?


Regards
 
Sean Cross