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----------------------------------------------------------- From: KGK Message 4 in Discussion hi Nithin! Type System is an entity that is responsible for making a meaning out of a set of bits and designating them as strings, integers, floats, etc. Prior to .NET, each language, like VB, VC++, etc, had their own mechanisms of defining types. Sometimes they match across languages, and sometimes they didnt. Commencing with .NET, the type system has been extracted out of the languages that produce code for .NET. Instead, the type system has been moved to the .NET's Core Runtime Environment, which is called the CLR on Win32 systems. The type system is implemented as part of the CLR. Thus, its "common" and available to all languages that target the CLR. The language compiler developers simply have the responsibility of mapping their own type names to the actual underlying CLR type, as when code executes under the CLR, it understands only the CLR data types, not the language's data types. For instance, a 32bit integer in CLR is represented by the System.Int32 type. VB.NET refers to this type as Integer, while C# refers to it as "int". Though the two languages have different names for a type, they refer to the same type. Effectively, a type name in a language is simply an alias for an underlying CLR type. Hope this clears your doubts. Gaurav ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/bdotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
