What's the difference between string and System.String?

Are these aliases just like aliasing a type in the using statement?

So in effect, I could create my own aliases that match VB.NET data types?

using Byte = System.Byte
using Short = System.Int16;
using Integer = System.Int32;
using Long = System.Int64;

Not saying that I would want to, but hey you could, right? :p

I think that void is also System.Void, but it is not interchable in C#, isn't it?

bool System.Boolean

String s;
DateTime dt;

if (dt == null) // error, because DateTime is value type
if (s == null) // ok (because reference type?)
Response.Write(dt); // writes "01.01.0001 00:00:00"
Response.Write(s); // writes "", although s=null, why?

PingBack from http://sharpcode.com.br/blogs/rafaelsilva/archive/2008/08/28/afinal-qual-a-diferen-231-a-de-string-e-string.aspx

Here is a post which explains the difference between a bool and a boolean

http://dotnetrobert.com/?q=node/22

Hope you find it useful.

DateTIme is a Struct!! (value type)... String is a Sealed Class, so you can use as a Object ;)

what is the differences between a string and a language?

string is like an alias/shorthand for System.String. Similarly, int is an alias/shosthand for System.Int16.

www.jeeshenlee.com/.../difference-between-string-and.html

@williams Alkali: the same difference as the difference between a spoon and a matchbox :P