Which generation of the .NET garbage collector holds newly allocated small objects?
Correct answer A. Generation 0
Explanation
New small objects start in generation 0, which is collected most often because most objects die young. Objects that survive a collection are promoted to generation 1 and then generation 2, which holds long-lived data and is collected least often. Very large objects, by default 85,000 bytes or more, go to the large object heap, which is logically part of generation 2.
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