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Power Collections For .NET
With .NET 2.0 comes the ability to implement what has been known in C++ as template classes. Generics are like C++ templates, only better. To learn more about generics, check out Jason Clark’s article in MSDN Magazine: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/09/NET/

Leading the development effort is Peter Golde, formerly a Lead Designer for the C# language. Peter is currently building the starting set of classes as well as incorporating ideas from the community into a set of collection classes to be made freely available to the public.

Power Collections Specification

Power Collections Forums

Now, my opinion. Power Collections looks pretty cool, with the thought of performance and flexibility, creating a set of collection classes designed and aimed for that exact purpose - choosing the right collection for the right use. It's much like what you can get from the C++ STL, and pretty much a whole lot of cool static methods that performs your common collection usage like searching, sorting, merging, and so on.

Oh and did I mention. it uses heavily on Generics, so performance is excellent.

Thumbs up for Peter Golde, with his efforts to create a truly powerful and comprehensive set of collection classes that's comparable to C++ STL. This is a must have for people who needs speed and performance.