The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard
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The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard
The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard is the definitive guide to understanding the annotated specification for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) standard. With annotations and code samples from both the ECMA standards committee and the Microsoft Common Language Runtime (CLR) team, this book goes beyond the online documentation to clarify and amplify the original standard and describe its implementation.The core of this book is the international CLI standard. The text describes the CLI and its parts and provides all the information needed to implement a Virtual Execution System (VES) or design a compiler that runs on top of a VES and generates portable code. Author Jim Miller draws upon his experience as editor of the CLI standard and lead of the Microsoft CLR team to guide readers through the CLI blueprint and to a complete understanding of the CLR.Features of this book include: A heavily annotated architectural overview of the standardA description of the semantics of metadata A complete specification of the Portable Executable (PE) file formatCoverage of file format and metadata layoutAn overview of the CLI librariesA detailed description of the Common Inte