A Dictionary is closely related to a HashTable. There are many subtle differences between them, but one important difference is that a Dictionary is generally faster than a Hashtable for storing data. The reason is that a Dictionary takes strongly-typed values as its input, so you do not suffer the performance impact of storing generic Objects and boxing/unboxing them into the proper types during use.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Hashtable != Dictionary
at 12:01 PM Posted by roni schuetz
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