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The CLI uses a class library and [[virtual machine]], the [[Common Language Runtime]] (CLR) - note CLR is an official Microsoft term, and a number of books have been written on it. Many compilers are in development to produce code for this virtual machine. The code the virtual machine uses is expressed in a [[Common Intermediate Language]] (CIL), also known as Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), a CPU-independent set of instructions that can be efficiently converted to native code. CIL can be thought of as a high level assembly language.

CIL is intended as a competitor for the Java [[bytecode]], and the CLI/CLR as a competitor for the [[JRE]] ([[Java Runtime Environment]] (JRE).

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