Re: string routines and code libraries

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"zoro" <ilzoro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am new to C#, coming from Delphi.

Welcome!

I am also from the Delphi (and Borland C++) corner.
I think you'll find that the 'Hejlsberg-fenonemon' is very much present in
..NET. You'll learn C# in a jiffy! =)
But forget all you knew about strings. They are invariant in .NET and not as
cool as in Delphi.

I'm still waiting for .NET (and Java) to have a string class that have the
by-reference-but-with-copy-on-write-semantics as in Delphi. There is
something missing between String and StringBuilder. We sure need strings
like in Delphi for performance....

Anybody knows why we don't get such a class? If I think for 2 seconds I'd
imagine it would screw up the GC as every such string must be pinned to a
memory location. If anyone else could think for like 4 seconds or even a
minute, I would appriecate your input on why and why not.

I sure miss 'em....

Happy Strings
- Michael S


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