John,

>Here is a link to a .NET insight article
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>http://www.fawcette.com/reports/vslive/021202/csharp/
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>This article talks about running unsafe code in the interests of performance. My questions are as follows:
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>1. Does unsafe = unmanaged

I don't think so. This is a question I have been trying to get a good answer on myself. The following two articles, and the Wrox Press' Professional C#, say that unsafe code is still managed. It still runs through the CLR, so it is managed.

http://www.vsj.co.uk/archive/feb2001/hoc1-0102.asp
http://www.dotnetextreme.com/code/unsafe.asp

However, I have seen articles that attempt to equate the two.

>2. Can VB run code like this (I suspect not....)

No...at least according to what I've read.

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>TIA