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Generics vs Objects

I'm gettin' my learn on. This is a super simple concept, but I had fun building a little tester program that puts generics to the test. I developed two identical class. One uses generics and the other objects. It simply loops through a list 10 times and each time creates a list and adds Int16.MaxValues items to a list. The results:

Generic class time taken: 312500 ticks

Object class time taken: 468750 ticks

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