Inner workings of the .NET garbage collector?

Question

I've read detailed papers about the inner workings of the various garbage collectors in the JVM, but I've had trouble finding the same level of details for .NET's runtime...

Anyone have links to good articles/research/pages on .NET's garbage collector?

Answer 1

• It's an old, but classic article by Jeffrey Richter, the second part is here.
• The classic article by Rico Mariani on GC and performance.
• And you should read about the Large Object Heap by Maoni Stephens

Answer 2

This video on Channel 9 was really good. The video is about 45 minutes so you'll pretty much have to watch it after work.

Answer 3

Garbage Collection.

Also check Garbage Collector Basics and Performance Hints.

Also definitely worth reading Jeffrey Richters articles in GvS answer.