Wednesday, August 20, 2008

What is Common Language Runtime ?

Programming languages on the .NET Framework compile into an intermediate language known as

the Common Intermediate Language (CIL). In Microsoft’s implementation this intermediate

language is not interpreted but rather compiled in a manner known as just-in-time

compilation (JIT) into native code. The combination of these concepts is called the Common

Language Infrastructure (CLI). Microsoft’s implementation of the CLI is known as the Common

Language Runtime (CLR).

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