Common Language Runtime
The ECMA standards define an infrastructure in which a single application can be developed using multiple high-level languages. The standards also specify that the application should be capable of running on different system (hardware and OS) platforms without being rewritten for each specific platform. This ECMA specification is referred to as the CLI. The current specifications for the CLI can be downloaded from the ECMA's Web site (www.ecma.ch). It is worth mentioning that C# specifications have also been submitted to the ECMA.
Microsoft's implementation of the CLI is called the common language runtime. The common language runtime forces a unified programming model and provides features such as cross-language integration ...
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