What are properties? Technically, properties are CLR "aliases." They are exposed as standard methods, and any compiler that consumes them simply transforms the user's code into the proper function calls. Similarly, any compiler that wants to author...

A reader asked the question: Is .NET, in fact, the SAME THING as Visual Studio 7.0? Could it be possible that a developer with .NET would be able to simply open the project file and recompile without rewriting code? .NET itself is a runtime....