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Things I learnt reading C# specifications Terrence Dorsey4-Feb-13 13:21 Terrence Dorsey 4-Feb-13 13:21  Helper Code[^]: After reading Jon Skeet’s excellent C# in Depth - again (3rd edition - to be published soon) I’ve decide to try and actually read the C# language specification… Being a sensible kind of guy I’ve decided to purchase the annotated version which only cover topics up to .NET 4 – but has priceless comments from several C# gurus. After I’ve read a few pages I was amazed to learn that a few things I knew to be true were completely wrong and so I’ve decided to write a list of new things I’ve learnt while reading this book. What other "secrets" of C# have you learned? Re: Things I learnt reading C# specifications PIEBALDconsult4-Feb-13 15:05 PIEBALDconsult 4-Feb-13 15:05  I read it in 1999. Re: Things I learnt reading C# specifications bitterskittles5-Feb-13 2:52 bitterskittles 5-Feb-13 2:52  Learning C/C++ (with some assembly enough for debugging) before jumping on to the managed language bandwagon should have helped with the heap/stack confusion. Readonly field is also a no brainer; the message of NullReferenceException says "Object reference is not set to an instance of an object.", thus a readonly reference is similar to: C++ Noob* const p *doublefacepalm*

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