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The '''Common Language Infrastructure''' is used in the [[Microsoft]] [[.NET]] initiative as the basis for running programs written in different [[programming language | programming languages]]. Before this [[Visual Basic]] for example has required a component ''VBVM'' and Visual C++ usesversions prior to Visual C++.NET use a <i>MSVCRT</i> DLL for the compiled programs to run. The common language infrastructure is an effort to unify the different runtime modules needed.

It uses a [[virtual machine]] and a class library [[Common Language Runtime]]. (see Microsoft site [http://www.microsoft.com/partner/products/microsoftnet/CLRTechPage.asp]). There are many compilers being developed which produce code for this virtual machine. The code it executes is called Common Intermediate Language (CIL) or Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL).

It uses a [[virtual machine]] and a class library [[Common Language Runtime]]. (see Microsoft site [http://www.microsoft.com/partner/products/microsoftnet/CLRTechPage.asp]). There are many compilers being developed which produce code for this virtual machine. The code itthese executescompilers generate is calledexpressed in a Common Intermediate Language (CIL) or(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.

It seems that in the future there will be at least two major [[virtual machine]] technologies competing (see [[Java virtual machine]])