How widespread is the .NET Framework?

How much RAM was in the system you tested the app on? .Net implements a lazy garbage collector - if there is plenty of spare RAM why not use some of it rather than wasting time saving a few meg? If the RAM is needed then .Net will free it up then.
 
Its running right now
The system has 256MB of physical ram

PF Usage = 438MB
.Net App = 31.948MB

Its a little bit larger program but the executable is only .5 MB
The program has been up maybe 2 hours.
Appears to me that its not freeing anything up.
 
Yes, because nothing else has come along and needed that memory. Try switching and working in another application for a while. Try minimizing your .NET app.
 
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