Yes, even with a garbage collector in place, the program could still run out of memory. Garbage collection aids in identifying and removing program objects that are no longer needed in order to release the resources they use. When an object in a program cannot be reached, trash collection is executed with respect to that object. If there is not enough memory available to create new objects, a garbage collector is used to free up memory for things that have been removed from the scope. When the amount of memory released is insufficient for the creation of new objects, the program's memory limit is exceeded.