Before we understand why finalize is going away and what to use instead, let’s understand what finalize is or was. The basic idea is to allow you to define a method on your objects that will execute ...

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Take out the trash! When it’s applied to computer languages, that command conjures up a different meaning than the one you’re used to. In Java, trash, or garbage, is heap memory that a program ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. They’re deprecating finalize. That’s a pretty drastic move. Finalize is defined right there in ...

Home health providers are counting CMS' decision not to finalize methods for keeping the payment system for home health agencies budget neutral as a win, though they're still disappointed that CMS ...

Back when he had a job, Peter used to hire developers. When he did, there were three questions he got from Scott Hanselman's blog, way back at the beginning of the .NET Framework that he's still ...