MSIL
I mentioned earlier that the two major contents of a .NET assembly are metadata and MSIL code. Now that I have beaten the subject of .NET metadata to death, let's move the discussion along to MSIL. You can think of MSIL as a virtual assembly language. It defines a set of assembly language-like operations that are easily translated into the native instruction set of most modern CPUs.
Common Intermediate Language (CIL)In the documentation for the .NET Framework SDK, you will see MSIL referred to as CIL. You may also hear the CLR referred to as the CLI. The difference between these names is that the CLI and CIL (as well as the CTS) are part of a specification that Microsoft has submitted to the European Computer Manufacturer's Association ... |
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