Common Language Runtime (CLR)

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Central to the .NET Framework is its runtime execution environment, known as the Common Language Runtime (CLR) or the .NET runtime. Code running under the control of the CLR is often termed as managed code.

However, before it can be executed by the CLR, any source code that you develop needs to be compiled.

Compilation occurs in two steps in .NET:

1. Compilation of source code to Microsoft Intermediate Language (IL).
2. Compilation of IL to platform-specific code by the CLR.

Advantages of CLR:

1. Platform independence
2. Performance improvement
3. Language interoperability


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