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When you are building a full-scale .NET application, you will most certainly use C# (or a similar managed language such as Visual Basic), given its inherent productivity and ease of use. However, as you learned in the first chapter, the role of a managed compiler is to translate *.cs code files into terms of CIL code, type metadata, and an assembly manifest. As it turns out, CIL is a full-fledged .NET programming language, with its own syntax, semantics, and compiler (ilasm.exe).
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© 2015 Andrew Troelsen and Philip Japikse
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Troelsen, A., Japikse, P. (2015). Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies. In: C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1332-2_18
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