Why can .NET not have memory leaks?

Question

Ignoring unsafe code, .NET cannot have memory leaks. I\'ve read this endlessly from many experts and I believe it. However, I do not understand why this is so.

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Answer 1

If you aren't referring to applications using .NET, which these answers discuss very well, but are actually referring to the runtime itself, then it technically can have memory leaks, but at this point the implementation of the garbage collector is probably nearly bug-free. I have heard of one case in which a bug was found where something in the runtime, or maybe just in the standard libraries, had a memory leak. But I don't remember what it was (something very obscure), and I don't think I would be able to find it again.