Re: C# and VB.Net?

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"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Michael S <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <snip>
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>> And the latter group typically don't adopt OO-principles. They still view
>> a
>> class as some module you just put code and som Dims in, they keep on
>> concatinating strings, declaring their arrays, and don't get why an
>> ArrayList or a StringBuilder could ever be useful. The think in terms of
>> variables and don't get the 'reference on stack, object on heap' model
>> and
>> can't undestand why passing a huge array to a method would be the bad
>> thing.
>
> I don't understand why passing a huge array to a method would be a bad
> thing either though. Arrays are reference types - you're not passing a
> load of data. What kind of problem are you thinking of?
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My Bad!

I ment huge structs, in loops.

I re-wrote that part a couple of times and wanted to mention value/reference
and also boxing/unboxing. It was not any good, so I erased stuff to get rid
of complex examples, and I guess array just got there and I went along
continuing writing...

Thanks Jon, for making sure people get that passing arrays is not bad.

- Michael S



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