On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:02:29 -0800, Clark, Michael (OFM)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I heard somewhere that the C# operation of boxing and unboxing
[...]
> was named in honor of Don Box of Microsoft (one of the COM deities).

Actually, several of the CLI concepts are myths. There is no actual
"boxing", there are only certain value types which Don Box allows passage
back and forth to the heap. Also, there is no actual "garbage collection",
there are only certain objects Don Box allows to stay alive longer than others.

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