> One last thought. Many (the majority?) of server-side web applications
> are currently being written in the COBOL of the New Millennium, Java.
> And Java uses garbage collection to dispose of objects. Seems to work
> fine for these applications. C# (and the clr) use garbage collection
> too. It seems to be with us to stay.
Yes but both (recent jvm and clr) use advance generational collectors
Benoit