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Duck Typing in C#

I recently found a .NET class library that enables duck typing by David Meyer for .NET languages like C# and VB.NET.

Although I see the benefits of using this style of programming (mostly because VB was one my first programming languages), I still find the strong typing that exists on C# very helpful by providing a extra security layer in its data structures (while we still can use the duck typing approach with generics).

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to elaborate on the subject, but I would point you out this Phil Haack post: “How Duck Typing benefits C# developers”. It gives a good explanation on the subject and talks about some of its advantages.