finalLetter.txt

    I present to you my final Programming Portfolio. Contained are 52 example programs (and one duplicate-in-concept). In the spirit
  of keeping the entire library on git, this was edited in the default github text editor in a .txt format instead of in a richer
  text format the supports things like highlighting, justification, headings, et cetera. Thus, you should be able to read this file
  correctly regardless of the type of editor you are using to read it. 
  
    I made this compilation (pardon the pun) of program files by scouring the web for examples of interesting topics, writing my own solutions
  to various leetcode problems, and pulling from the texts of CLR Via C#. Some of the examples were written for mock interviews with seniors
  from Microsoft (and a lone Googler!) - those are complete and finished programs that already have a "driver" function included. Leetcode
  solutions are complete programs, but would need a "driver" function to do anything (Leetcode provides this feature to you as a user for their
  own testing purposes), however every "Leetcode" solution will in fact pass every testcase Leetcode throws at it. Their testing system typically
  includes at least 10 but usually on the order of 100-1000 testcases, far more than I could ever hope to write myself testing manually. The Snippets
  (from books and external websites) may or may not compile and do something - some of them are merely meant as examples of a theme, and some of them
  are even there to show compile-time exception errors! Particularly the examples from CLR via C#  and sanfoundry will tend to compile, whereas
  the examples from MSDN docs and dot-net-perls will not. 
  
    These programs and samples cover a wide range of basic to advanced topics from basic algorithms and data structures (leetcode solutions - runtime analsysis)
  to the under-the-hood implementation of the CLR and C# compiler - anonymous types, delegates, even some more advanced topics like websockets.
  Unfortunately, an example of deep and shallow copying was not included but I am pretty sure that this portfolio at least strikes a glancing
  blow on most concepts in the C# language and programming as a discipline.
  
    I feel that every program, snippet, example, book excerpt has shown a deep and thorough understanding of the essentials of programming
  in both general C# programming and in algorithms and data structures - as well as an ability to write programs in a simulated real world environment
  during mock interviews. 

    I believe that I deserve an A because this portfolio goes above and beyond the standards that you set out in class for this work.I hope you agree
  and I am willing to explain the choice of each individual snippet (even the duplicate swap programs are different enough they're defensible!).
  
  Thank you and I hope you have a fantastic break,
  
    Connor Alexander Matza