Pro C# 10 with .NET 6: Foundational Principles and Practices in Programming

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A. Troelsen, P. JapiksePro C# 10 with .NET 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7869-7_18

18. Understanding CIL and the Role of Dynamic Assemblies

Andrew Troelsen¹   and Phil Japikse²

(1)

Chambersburg, PA, USA

(2)

West Chester, OH, USA

 

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 beginning of this book, 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, ...