Imports System
Imports System.Resources

Namespace PerformanceLibrary

   Public Class StaticConstructor

      Shared someInteger As Integer
      Shared resourceString As String 

      Shared Sub New()

         someInteger = 3
         Dim stringManager As New ResourceManager("strings", _
            System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
         resourceString = stringManager.GetString("string")

      End Sub

   End Class


   Public Class NoStaticConstructor

      Shared someInteger As Integer = 3
      Shared resourceString As String = InitializeResourceString()

      Shared Private Function InitializeResourceString()

         Dim stringManager As New ResourceManager("strings", _
            System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
         Return stringManager.GetString("string")

      End Function

   End Class

End Namespace

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Resources;

namespace PerformanceLibrary
{
   public class StaticConstructor
   {
      static int someInteger;
      static string resourceString;

      static StaticConstructor()
      {
         someInteger = 3;
         ResourceManager stringManager = 
            new ResourceManager("strings", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
         resourceString = stringManager.GetString("string");
      }
   }

   public class NoStaticConstructor
   {
      static int someInteger = 3;
      static string resourceString = InitializeResourceString();

      static string InitializeResourceString()
      {
         ResourceManager stringManager = 
            new ResourceManager("strings", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
         return stringManager.GetString("string");
      }
   }
}