Garbage Collection - Wiki page, with pros, cons, comments, links, at Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GarbageCollection
Why is Garbage Collection a Good Thing? - Definition and answer with references, from Object-Orientation FAQ. - http://www.ipipan.gda.pl/~marek/objects/faq/oo-faq-S-3.12.html
Memory Management - Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management