Everything about Common Language Runtime
Virtual machine component of Microsoft's .NET framework
The Common Language Runtime (CLR), the virtual machine component of Microsoft .NET Framework, manages the execution of .NET programs. Just-in-time compilation converts the managed code into machine instructions which are then executed on the CPU of the computer. The CLR provides additional services including memory management, type safety, exception handling, garbage collection, security and thread management. All programs written for the .NET Framework, regardless of programming language, are executed in the CLR. All versions of the .NET Framework include CLR. The CLR team was started June 13, 1998. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Common Language RuntimeA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Essential .NETThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design and implementation of generics for the .NET Common language runtimeCited 18 times
- Go sideways: List of CLI languagesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Common Language InfrastructureA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design and implementation of generics for the .NET Common language runtime
Language integration in the common language runtime
A quantitative analysis of the .NET common language runtime
Compiling Mercury to the .NET Common Language Runtime
A Translation-Facilitated Comparison Between the Common Language Runtime and the Java Virtual Machine
Formalization of generics for the .NET common language runtime
Aspect-oriented weaving and the .NET common language runtime
📚 Books worth reading
Essential .NETDon Box, Chris Sells · 2002
Compiling for the .NET Common Language RuntimeJohn Gough (undifferentiated) · 2001
.NET Common Language Runtime UnleashedKevin Burton · 2002
.NET IL AssemblerSerge Lidin · 2014
Managed code rootkitsErez Metula · 2010
CLR via C#Jeffrey Richter · 2010
CLR via C#Jeffrey Richter · 2006- 📕The rational guide to SQL server CLR integrationGreg Low · 2007
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