CommonLanguageInfrastructure.md

Definition

A specification including:

• The VES (Virtual Execution System) or runtime
• The CIL (Common Intermediate Language)
• A type system that supports language interoperability, known as the Common Type System (CTS)
• Guidance on how to write libraries that are accessible from CLI-compatible languages (available in the Common Language Specification [CLS])
• Metadata that enables many of the services identified by the CLI (including specifications for the layout or file format of assemblies)