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It's the same as in C. The observation here is that variables with static storage duration can be initialized by running user code before main() begins.

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It’s also the same in .NET. If your Main() function references types that have a static constructor, the constructors could run before Main().

It’s a surprising thing when one first discovers it, but it makes a lot of sense.

Oh! Thank you. That makes much more sense now.

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