1. C# Language & .NET Platform 12th Lecture
Pavel Ježek
Some of the slides are based on University of Linz .NET presentations.
© University of Linz, Institute for System Software, 2004
published under the Microsoft Curriculum License (

2. CLI Type System All types Value types Reference types Pointers
(allocated in-place [with exceptions])
Reference types
(allocated on managed heap)
Pointers
Structures
Enumerations
Classes (e.g. strings)
Interfaces
Arrays
Delegates
Simple types
(Int32, Int64, Double, Boolean, Char, …)
Nullables
User defined structures

3. How Would You Implement List<T>.Clear()?
Option
Complexity with Respect to Number of Elements in List (n) A
O(1) B
O(n) C
Something else.

4. How Would You Implement List<T>.Clear()?
Option
Complexity with Respect to Number of Elements in List (n) A
O(1) B
O(n) – set all elements to null! Mind the GC! C
Something else.

5. What about String.Substring?