Common Language Runtime
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In computing, Common Language Runtime (CLR) is a runtime environment enabling the exact same code called Common Intermediate Language to run on various computers such as Windows PCs, Unix machines and Macintoshes.
Implementations
Microsoft's .NET Windows-only implementation of the standardized Common Language Infrastructure is a CLR. It is a generalized multi-language execution engine (a virtual machine) on which code runs. There are currently more than 40 languages (as of 2005) supported. The Common Language Specification (CLS) describes a subset of the CLR, which language compilers should support to promote interoperability between languages.
The Mono development platform is a cross-platform implementation of the ECMA-defined CLR.
Portable.NET, part of the DotGNU project, is also a CLR.
Hosting Solutions
- IIS, from Microsoft, for Microsoft Windows environments
- Virtuoso Universal Server (http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/), from OpenLink Software (http://www.openlinksw.com/), for multiple environment, including Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X.
See also
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