Piye cara manajemen memori lan garbage collection gumana ing .NET?

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.NET ngelola memori **kanthi otomatis** liwat **garbage collector (GC)** — ngewacakake obyek ing managed heap lan mulang obyek sing ora bisa digayuh maneh, dadi sampeyan ora kudu ngosongake memori kanthi manual. Ngerti GC (generational, pembagian stack/heap, lan `IDisposable`) penting kanggo performance lan correctness.

## Stack vs heap

```text
Stack → value types (locals), method frames; fast, automatically freed when scope ends.
Heap  → reference type objects (class instances); managed by the GC.
A reference variable lives on the stack but points to its object on the heap.
```

## The generational garbage collector

```text
The GC divides the heap into GENERATIONS (based on the "most objects die young" idea):
  Gen 0 → newest objects; collected FREQUENTLY (fast, cheap)
  Gen 1 → survived one collection
  Gen 2 → long-lived objects; collected RARELY (expensive)
  (+ Large Object Heap for big objects)
→ Collecting young generations often + old ones rarely makes the GC efficient.
```

GC nandai obyek sing bisa digayuh (saka roots: stack, static fields) lan mulang sing liya. Iku **generational** — paling akeh obyek mati cepet, dadi Gen 0 dikumpulake asring lan murah, nalika obyek long-lived ing Gen 2 dikumpulake langka.

## IDisposable lan using — kanggo unmanaged resources

```csharp
// the GC handles MANAGED memory, but NOT unmanaged resources (files, connections, handles)
// → implement IDisposable and use `using` for deterministic cleanup
using (var file = new StreamReader("data.txt"))
{
    // use file
}   // file.Dispose() called automatically — releases the file handle NOW
```

GC ngosongake managed memory, nanging **unmanaged resources** (file handles, DB connections, sockets) butuh cleanup eksplisit liwat **`IDisposable`/`Dispose()`** — statement `using` njamin iki kanthi deterministik (sampeyan ora antep GC).

## Memory leaks isih bisa kedadeyan

```text
The GC frees only UNREACHABLE objects. "Leaks" come from lingering references:
  ✗ static collections/caches that only grow
  ✗ un-unsubscribed event handlers (the publisher keeps subscribers alive!)
  ✗ long-lived objects holding references to short-lived ones
```

## Mangapa iku penting

Ngerti manajemen memori .NET lan garbage collection punika ngelmu level senior sing berharga kanggo nulis C# sing performan lan bener — nalika GC maringake sampeyan saka manual memory management (kauntungan produktivitas lan safety sing besar, ngilangi manual `free` lan dangling pointers), ngerti *kepiye* gumana iku penting kanggo aplikasi sing sensitif performance lan ngindhari bug sing halus.

Ngerti **generational GC** (Gen 0 dikumpulake asring lan murah, Gen 2 langka nanging mahal, adhedhasar pengamatan manawa paling akeh obyek mati cepet) tulungi sampeyan mikir barang allocation patterns lan GC pressure (ngurangen allocations, utamane saka short-lived objects, nurunake overhead GC).

Bedane **stack vs heap** (value types ing stack, reference objects ing heap) sambung karo value/reference type model.

Kritise, ngerti **`IDisposable`/`Dispose()` lan statement `using`** penting lan praktis: GC ngelola *memory* nanging ora *unmanaged resources* (file handles, database connections, sockets), sing butuh cleanup deterministik liwat `using` — gagal dispose iki nyebabake resource leaks (bug nyata sing umum).

Samestinge penting ngakuan manawa **memory leaks isih bisa kedadeyan** sanajan GC, saka references sing lingering (growing static caches, un-unsubscribed event handlers sing tetep subscribers alive — leak C# klasik).

Ngerti model generational GC, resource-disposal pattern (`IDisposable`/`using`), lan causes of leaks penting kanggo nulis C# sing performan lan ora bocor, khususe ing aplikasi long-running — nggawe iki ngelmu berharga sing mbedakake developers sing bisa mbangun aplikasi .NET efisien lan bener lan dadi topik interview senior-level umum.