C# data structures

Question

Do i have to worry/learn data structures if i m learning C#. I have subsribed to a program but they have not mentioned it in the syllabus.

Also isn't it CLR takes care of all memory managment/garbage collection.... maybe this is the reason programmers don't have to learn data structures for C#.

I m completely confused nd needs a detailed answer from a C# expert. Please no misdirection .. if you don't know don't mislead.

Answer 1

You won't get very far in C# programming without a knowledge of basic data structures such as arrays, lists, dictionaries, stacks and queues, and how these are implemented in .NET.

It may be that these are not explicitly mentioned in the syllabus because they are introduced as needed when dealing with other aspects of the language. However, I'd make sure that they are covered before you go any further with the program.

The CLR does take care of memory management, including releasing memory used by objects when they are no longer needed, so that the programmer doesn't have to worry about these 'low level' details.

Garbage collection applies to all heap-allocated objects including data structures (usually referred to as 'collection classes' in .NET), but you still need to know how to use these classes in the first place and I'd expect an elementary course on C# to cover that.