title: Are .NET Applications naturally memory intensive?
body: <p>I started to write a large application in C# for the first time in my life. I wrote sample module to test the idea behind my software. This module contained several dozen C# dictionaries and lists of objects that each had several members and properties.  </p>
  
  <p>I was shocked that after initializing core objects it end up utilizing about 40MB of RAM. </p>
  
  <p>I tested and found out that more than 30MB is allocated after object initialization, but I was under the impression that given the size of my objects, no more than a few hundred kilobytes should have been consumed.</p>
  
  <p>Have I done something wrong or is .NET naturally memory intensive compared to native code applications?</p>