- Common Language Runtime
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The Common Language Runtime (CLR) is the virtual machine component of Microsoft's .NET framework and is responsible for managing the execution of .NET programs. In a process known as just-in-time (JIT) compilation, the CLR compiles the intermediate language code known as CIL into the machine instructions that in turn are executed by the computer's CPU. The CLR provides additional services including memory management, type safety and exception handling. All programs written for the .NET framework, regardless of programming language, are executed by the CLR.
The CLR is Microsoft's implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) standard.
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- Components of Common Language Runtime
- Components of CLR
- Overview of the .NET Framework 4.0
- .NET Framework Conceptual Overview
.NET Framework Architecture - Base Class Library
- Common Language Runtime
- Code Access Security
- Assembly
- Metadata
- COM Interop
CLI Languages Common1Other2Components Other implementations Comparisons Upcoming - "Jasper"
- "Roslyn"
Past - "Acropolis"
Tools 1 Languages that had been supported, is supported, or will be supported, in Visual Studio or .Net Framework.
2 Non-academic or research languages with relatively large user-bases.Categories:- Microsoft development tools
- .NET framework
- Stack-based virtual machines
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