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Common Language Infrastructure

The Virtual Execution System (VES) is a run-time system of the Common Language Infrastructure CLI which provides an environment for executing managed code. It provides direct support for a set of built-in data types, defines a hypothetical machine with an associated machine model and state, a set of control flow constructs, and an exception handling model. Also known as an Execution Engine, the purpose of the VES is to provide the support required to execute managed code and data. Wikipedia →

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  3. Read the landmark paper: Virtual execution platforms for mixed-time-criticality systemsCited 68 times
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