Announcing .NET Core 2.1
This is a landmark release for .NET.The most important since at least framework 4.0 maybe even 3.0.We are getting:- Span/Memory : A 0-copy, unified way of accessing Managed or Unmanaged memory.- Channel : High performance thread-safe queues (like go channels)- Pipelines : an async, 0-copy version of Stream- In-box support for Array/Buffer pooling (finally!) (MemoryPool, ArrayPool)- Better primitives for pointer manipulation and memory marshaling. (MemoryMarshal)- New primitives for high performance parsers and formatters (System.Buffers.Binary and System.Buffers.Text)- Improved support for SSE/NEON via Vector- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility : Windows specific APIs on .NET Core (Registry, EventLog, NamedPipes...)- Tiered Compilation- Faster tooling- Wider Platform supportIf you write code on .NET, you should [Edit] evaluate this release with to see if it fits your business needs [/Edit]Doubly so if you care about runtime performance.