> In C#, you create a class when it's an object, and a struct when it's a data structure, or am I missing something? Yes and no. Due to the technical limitatio

> In C#, you create a class when it's an object, and a struct when it's a data structure, or am I missing something? Yes and no. Due to the technical limitation that (unlike in C++[0]) structs in C# cannot derive from other structs, DTOs in C# are often implemented (or rather: generated) as classes to allow derivation from a base class that has certain behavioral hooks (say, for misc. custom serializers). [0] See https://www.fluentcpp.com/2017/06/13/the-real-difference-between-struct-class/ https://www.fluentcpp.com/2017/06/13/the-real-difference-bet... (the real technical difference between struct and class in C++ is just that the default visibility modifier for a struct is public and the default visibility modifier for a class is private; both can use inheritance and have virtual methods)