Article:		What Is C#
Subject:		Type is not limited to classes only
Date:		2005-10-19 00:00:26
From:		normid
I think you should also emphasize that class is only one kind of Type. Even though class is the majority kind of Type used, but there are others. From CLR point of view, it sees Type as Reference Type (classes, static classes, collections, arrays, exceptions, attributes) & Value Type (Structs & Enums).

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• Don't think I suggested it was
  2005-10-19 03:51:48  JesseLiberty [View]
  
  
  I assume you are responding to "Classes define new types" (correct me if I'm wrong). I did not intend that sentence to indicate that, therefore, classes are the only way Types are defined.
  
  Saying "Authors write books" means that it is the job of an author to write a book, not that there are no other ways for books to be written. Poets write books, Editors compile books, but if I'm telling you what an author is, it seems fair for me to say that an author writes books.
  
  Hope that clarifies, but if I've misunderstood you, please do let me know.