About the Tutorial

a
Pointer
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Passing
Pointers
as
Parameters
to
Methods
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Accessing
Array
Elements
Using
a
Pointer
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Compiling
Unsafe
Code .......................................................................................................................... 316 
39. 
MULTITHREADING............................................................................................................. 318 
Thread
Life
Cycle.................................................................................................................................... 318 
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C# 
Properties
and
Methods
of
the
Thread
Class
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Creating
Threads.................................................................................................................................... 323 
Managing
Threads
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Destroying
Threads................................................................................................................................ 326 
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C# 
1. OVERVIEW 
C# is a modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language developed 
by Microsoft and approved by European Computer Manufacturers Association 
(
ECMA) 
and International Standards Organization (ISO). 
C# was developed by Anders Hejlsberg and his team during the development of .Net 
Framework. 
C# is designed for Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), which consists of the 
executable code and runtime environment that allows use of various high-level 
languages on different computer platforms and architectures. 
The following reasons make C# a widely used professional language: 
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It is a modern, general-purpose programming language 
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It is object oriented. 
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It is component oriented. 
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It is easy to learn. 
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It is a tructured language. 
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It produces efficient programs. 
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It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms. 
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It is a part of .Net Framework.