Generics vs. Array Lists

Question

The system I work on here was written before .net 2.0 and didn\'t have the benefit of generics. It was eventually updated to 2.0, but none of the code was refactored due to

Answer 1

The biggest gains, you will find in Maintenance phases. Generics are much easier to deal with and update, without having to deal with conversion and casting issues. If this is code that you continually visit, then by all means take the effort. If this is code that hasn't been touched in years, I wouldn't really bother.