Matt Warren • 5/31/2016

Strings and the CLR - a Special Relationship

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This technical article delves into the special relationship between Strings and the .NET CLR, explaining how strings differ from other data types in memory layout for performance. It covers their variable size, internal data storage, and how key methods are implemented in unmanaged code (C++/Assembly) by the runtime itself.

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