I am a newbie in C# programming. I've been working in C++ language for some
years.
The new/delete statement in C++ is rather slow so it is recommended using
static data structure in some cases which require very fast performance as

What is the algorithm of lock(obj) { ... }?
The statement above roughly makes me guess that the lock/unlock algorithm in
CLR is inefficient because it adds a critical section for each CLR object
instance.

Is it possible, using static properties, to have a shared object in the GAC
that can be accessed by differnet processes?  If so, how?  If not, how can I
have a shared .NET object that can used by different processes?
Thanks.

I followed the following example to create an html text editor.  
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/editor_in_windows_forms.asp
It works great but when you press enter in the text box the control inserts
p tags instead of br tags.  So you end up with double spacing throughout ...

I learned that for my.sttings, I can pull an entry by name, but can I use
reflection to load a varaible? Example
void dosomething(string variablename)
// note: value passed in for variable name is "foo"

I am having an issue with re-installing a DLL with the GAC.  
When I modify the DLL, I first unistall the assembly by right clicking on
the assembly and select uninstall.  I then copy the modified DLL to the
assembly folder.  Everything looks like it worked fine, except I do not ...

For some reason the question, "Can I make an EXE that is both a Windows
Service and a Console Application?" has come up quite a bit for me over the
last few weeks.
I've been doing this for years, but for some reason I've never seen it

I have created an App Domain in a process on the first request. Now I would
like  retrieve the same AppDomain everytime there is certain type of
request.
Is it possible?

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - Release Candidate
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19e21845-f5e3-4387-95ff
-66788825c1af
Pre-released WinFX Runtime Components Uninstall Tool
 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details ...

Do you know how to change which framework a web site should use - programmatically?
For example: my web server has both Framework 1.1 and 2.0. My installation/deployment program has to set a specific web site to run under Framework 2.0.
How to do it through ADSI or else?
Thanks in ...

please review the following code snipped, my goal is just to transform a
document.
The problem is that XmlWriter.Create do not honor passed
Trans.OutputSettings. The debuggin shows that Trans.OutputSettings.Encoding

Hi, I design programs starting with the database and once I have a solid
database I buikd the classes from these and work my way upto the interface ?
is there a name for this development style ? does it fit into top - down ,
bottom - up design ?

I have litteraly 12,000 of these entries in my application event log
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Perflib
Event Category: None

What is the interval when garbage collection is run and is there a way to
monitor it through Perfmon?

I've got  an IIS webserver running on a WIN 2000 Pro machine w/
installed NET Framework 1.1 hosting an ASP.NET application for more
than one year - working perfectly. No changes to the system or the app.
Today calling an aspx page on the local machine suddenly results in a