When to dispose and why?

Question

I asked a question about this method:

// Save an object out to the disk
public static void SerializeObject(this T toSerialize, String filename)
{
           


        

Answer 1

A programmer thinking that one doesn't have to worry about disposing things because a finalizer will take care of them is like a driver thinking one doesn't have to worry about avoiding collisions because the car has an airbag. Yes, an airbag will make things more survivable, but...