Is String a primitive type?

Question

I am curious about the string and primitive types. Article like this says string is primitive type. However second article on MSDN does not list string as primitive type.

Answer 1

Under Microsoft's definition of "primitive", string is not considered a primitive type. On the other hand, Microsoft tends to use terminology without really formulating a clear or consistent definition (e.g. "unmanaged resource"), and one could usefully define "primitive" to include "String", "Array", and "Object", since in their absence there would be no way to define types that could emulate them efficiently.