Are memory leaks possible in managed environments like .NET?

Question

In C++ it is easily possible to have a permanent memory leak - just allocate memory and don\'t release it:

new char; //permanent memory leak guaranteed


        

Answer 1

It's not exactly a memory leak, but if you're communicating with hardware drivers directly (i.e. not through a properly-written .net extension of a set of drivers) then it's fairly possible to put the hardware into a state where, although there may or may not be an actual memory leak in your code, you can no longer access the hardware without rebooting it or the PC...

Not sure if this is a useful answer to your question, but I felt it was worth mentioning.