Lidin S. - Inside Microsoft .NET IL Assembler [2002, CHM, ENG]

Inside Microsoft .NET IL Assembler
Год: 2002
Автор: Lidin S.
Жанр: Учебное пособие
Издательство: Microsoft Press
ISBN: 0-7356-1547-0
Язык: Английский
Формат: CHM
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Описание: To tell the truth, I don't think I had much choice in this matter. Let me explain. With Microsoft .NET technology taking the world by storm, with more and more information professionals getting involved, large numbers of books covering various aspects of this technology have started to arrive—and none too soon. Alas, virtually all of these books are dedicated to .NET-based programming in high-level languages and rapid application development (RAD) environments. No doubt this is extremely important, and I am sure all these books will have to be reprinted to satisfy the demand. But what about the plumbing?
The .NET universe, like other information technology universes, resem bles a great pyramid turned upside down and standing on its tip. The tip on which the .NET pyramid stands is the common language runtime. The runtime converts the intermediate language (IL) binary code into platform-specific (native) machine code and executes it. Resting on top of the runtime are the .NET Framework class library, the compilers, and environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. And above them begin the layers of application development, from instrumental to end-user-oriented. The pyramid quickly grows higher and wider.
This book is not exactly about the common language runtime—even though it's only the tip of the .NET pyramid, the runtime is too vast a topic to be described in detail in any book of reasonable (say, luggable) size. Rather, this book focuses on the next best thing: the .NET IL Assembler. IL assembly language (ILAsm) is a low-level language, specifically designed to describe every functional feature of the common language runtime. If the runtime can do it, ILAsm must be able to express it.

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