Memory Management

Low-level languages like C, have manual memory management primitives such as malloc() and free(). In contrast, JavaScript automatically allocates memory when objects are created and frees it when they are not used anymore (garbage collection). This automaticity is a potential source of confusion: it can give developers the false impression that they don’t need to worry about memory management.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• JavaScript Garbage Collection
• Memory Management in JavaScript