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The Role of the Common Intermediate Language

Let’s examine CIL code, type metadata, and the assembly manifest in a bit more detail. CIL is a lan-

guage that sits above any particular platform-specific instruction set. For example, the following C#

code models a trivial calculator. Don’t concern yourself with the exact syntax for now, but do notice

the format of the Add() method in the Calc class:

// Calc.cs

using System;

namespace CalculatorExample

{