Why Do Browsers Leak Memory?

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Published on 2012-11-05T04:49:28Z Indexed on 2012/11/05 4:59 UTC
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A colleague and I were speaking about browsers (using browser control in a project), and it appears as plain as day that all browsers (Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera) display the same characteristic or side-effect from their usage and that being 'Leaking Memory'.

Can someone explain why that is the case? Surely as with any form of code, there should be proper garbage collection?

PS. I've read about some defensive patterns on why this can happen from a developer's perspective. I am aware of an article Crockford wrote on IE; but why is the problem symptomatic of every browser?

Thanks

Why do browsers leak memory?

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A colleague and I were speaking about browsers (using a browser control object in a project), and it appears as plain as day that all browsers (Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera) display the same characteristic or side-effect from their usage and that being 'Leaking Memory'.

Can someone explain why that is the case? Surely as with any form of code, there should be proper garbage collection?

PS. I've read about some defensive patterns on why this can happen from a developer's perspective. I am aware of an article Crockford wrote on IE; but why is the problem symptomatic of every browser? Thanks

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