title: Creating a Generic<T> type instance with a variable containing the Type
body: <p>Is it possible to achieve the following code?  I know it doesn't work, but I'm wondering if there is a workaround?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Type k = typeof(double);
  List&lt;k&gt; lst = new List&lt;k&gt;();
  </code></pre>