The '''Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure''' (previously codenamed '''Rotor''') is [[Microsoft]]'s [[shared source]] implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure ([[Common Language Infrastructure|CLI]]), the core of [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]]. Shared source is not real [[open source]] (e.g. it's not suitable for commercial use) but it makes it possible for [[programmer]]s to viewexamine the sourceimplementation details of many .NET libraries, as well as for [[hacker]]s to create and use modified CLI versions. Microsoft provides the Shared Source Common Language InfrastructureCLI as ana reference CLI implementation and expects it to be of real value to students learning cross-platform compiler technologies, class system design guidelines, and so on, being the real-world illustration to their lectures.
The Shared Source Common Language InfrastructureCLI comes pre-configured to run on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[FreeBSD]] (version 4.7 or newer), and [[Mac OS X]] 10.2. It is designed such that the only thing that needs to be customized to port the Shared Source Common Language InfrastructureCLI to a different platform should be a thin PAL (platform abstraction layer).
==See also==
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*[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3A1C93FA-7462-47D0-8E56-8DD34C6292F0&displaylang=en Microsoft Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure Page]
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/07/SharedSourceCLI/ Introduction to Shared Source CLI]
*[http://www.123aspx.com/rotor/default.aspx Read the SharedRotor Sourcesource Commoncode Languageonline] Infrastructure<!-- that's sourcewhat codethe online]page title & text says -->
