The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard

Miller, James S.; Ragsdale, Susann

ISBN 10: 0321154932 / ISBN 13: 9780321154934

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

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Title: The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated...

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

The beating heart of the .NET Framework is the Common Language Runtime (CLR), which manages the loading and execution of all code running on the platform, provides key enabling services such as JIT compilation, garbage collection, exception management, the security model, debugging and profiles support, native platform integration and much, much more. The CLR is an implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), an international standard ratified by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA), and is the first and most significant implementation of the CLI. This book specifies how the system goes together, and is indispensible for anyone who wants to understand the CLI or CLR. The many annotations explain and expand on the original standard, clarifying it and connecting the dots to make the system understandable. These annotations are direct from the ECMA CLI team and the Microsoft CLR team, and are available nowhere else. There is truly no competition out - or expected - for this book.

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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 standard
• A description of the semantics of metadata
• A complete specification of the Portable Executable (PE) file format
• Coverage of file format and metadata layout
• An overview of the CLI libraries
• A detailed description of the Common Intermediate Language (CIL) instruction set
• Sample programs and other annexes to the standard
• An enhanced online index that allows readers to quickly and easily search the entire text for specific topics

The Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard is the single source programmers, language and tool designers, and library and VES developers need to render the CLI and the CLR fully comprehensible.

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