Large mem usage.

[DaveC]

Why does even the very simple sys tray example consume 6mb of ram.. says
task manager. I have a simple xml app that shoots up to 20mb when I load an
XML doc..

is this just the way dot.net is.. can any thing be done or should I just
switch back to vc++.

DaveC

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Dave,

When you are programming for PC computers with much less than 32Mb memory
than I certainly I think that C++ can be a way to go.

Just my thought,

Cor

 

[Nak]

Hi Cor,

That is a very good point you have made. I've read this statement
everywhere the past couple of days, people saying how much they are scared
by the memory consumption of .NET apps. I personally find that my largest
application can settle around 40mb of memory usage, which I personally
believe to be quite good, especially in comparrison to the VS.NET IDE.
People have around 128 to 256 average these days just to be able to run
Windows at a respectable speed, and what with games consuming more and more
as they are released, why the hell shouldn't our applications?

Nick.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Why does even the very simple sys tray example consume
6mb of ram.. says task manager. I have a simple xml app that
shoots up to 20mb when I load an XML doc..

That's normal. Notice that the CLR must be loaded and depending on the
references, some huge libraries are loaded into memory. Don't worry too
much about that.