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When you are building a full-scale .NET application, you will most certainly make use of C# (or a similar managed language such as Visual Basic), given their inherent productivity and ease of use. However, as you learned in the very 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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© 2012 Andrew Troelsen
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Troelsen, A. (2012). Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies. In: Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Framework. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4234-5_18
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