TimelineC# 2.0
C# 2.0
Unleashing Code Reuse with Generics
Generics introduced unified type safety along with massive architectural performance boosts to assembly structures.
November 2005
.NET Framework 2.0
Visual Studio 2005
Anders Hejlsberg
Historical Context
C# implemented runtime-backed Generics to avoid the systemic allocation flaws and object boxing vulnerabilities found inside legacy multi-type collections.
Compiler Milestones
Native IL Generics Support
Unlike erasure frameworks, .NET creates specialized machine code for basic structural primitives natively.