Not quite. This has been possible in C# for 15 years with AllocHGlobal. It's handy for avoiding the speed and especially memory[1] overhead of managed objects.

Not quite. This has been possible in C# for 15 years with AllocHGlobal. It's handy for avoiding the speed and especially memory[1] overhead of managed objects. 1. https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2011/04/05/of-memory-and-strings/ https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2011/04/05/of-memory-and-string...