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Dynamic Types and the Dynamic Language Runtime

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NET 4.0 introduced a new keyword to the C# language, specifically, dynamic. This keyword allows you to incorporate scripting-like behaviors into the strongly typed world of type safety, semicolons, and curly brackets. Using this loose typing, you can greatly simplify some complex coding tasks and also gain the ability to interoperate with a number of dynamic languages which are .NET savvy.

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© 2017 Andrew Troelsen and Philip Japikse

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Troelsen, A., Japikse, P. (2017). Dynamic Types and the Dynamic Language Runtime. In: Pro C# 7. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3018-3_16

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