This is seriously going to turn into a Chuck Norris thread... If it's not in Wikipedia, it's not true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_%28Computer_science%29#Boxing
-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Per Bolmstedt Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:30 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Boxing/Unboxing & Don Box 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. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
