Microsoft documentation says CLR requires lot of meta data to execute the code and hence assembly provides it?

Question

(Continued .. from above )with the meta data. But What if I write a program (class) outsite of visual studio.net like in a notepad, compile it using CSC and then run it just by typing the generated (PE) executable file. In this case there is no assembly then how does CLR run the code ? .NET EXPERTS : PLEASE CLARIFY. Thanks to all geniun respondents.

Answer 1

csc = c sharp compiler ..
actually this is m.s.'s provided compiler which intern uses the clr to compile the code and you can find assembly in windows directory.
csc it self take care of this clr processing(actually clr)..

I think you are confused with csc.exe.. hence recommand you to read this:--
"The command line C# compiler is a program named CSC.EXE. This program makes use of a dynamic link library named CSCOMP.DLL that contains the actual compiler code. Another DLL, CSCOMPMGD.DLL ("C# compiler managed") is also included with the .NET Framework SDK and is accessible to .NET programs. See the documentation of the Microsoft.CSharp namespace for details. ......"
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well, you may find the answer complicated just as this question. i request you to elaborate to this so that readers can understand. well small example will do.

Answer 2

The executable generated by the csc compiler is the assembly. The compiler converts your code into the MSIL intermediate format and you will notice that if you use the disassembler (ildasm.exe) on your executable, an enormous amount of metadata is in fact present and perusable.

Answer 3

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