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What's the difference between implementing an Interface explicitly or implicitly?
In Visual Studio I can right-click on an interface and choose to Implement Interface, or Implement Interface Explicitly.
public class Test : ITest
{
public string Id // Generated by Implement ...
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Is there a reason to prefer lambda syntax even if there is only one parameter?
List.ForEach(Console.WriteLine);
List.ForEach(s => Console.WriteLine(s));
To me, the difference is purely cosmetic, but are there any subtle reasons why one might be preferred over the other?
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A practical use of “yield” keyword in C#
After almost 4 years of experience, I haven't seen a code where yield keyword is used. Can somebody show me a practical usage (along explanation) of this keyword, and if so, aren't there other ways ...
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Shouldn't the lazy evaluation/execution be syntactically differentiated from eager evaluation/execution in C#?
We know about the deferred execution or lazy evaluation features introduced in C#. But at times, people become confused with them. Because there is no significant difference. You can only know if you ...
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Why is VB so popular?
To me, Visual Basic seems clumsy, ugly, error-prone, and difficult to read. I'll let others explain why. While VB.net has clearly been a huge leap forward for the language in terms of features, I ...
