Why Visual Studio compiles an application to an executable if it's in the MSIL format? Shouldn't it be like java that compiles the code to a .class file?
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a .NET "executable" is really a tiny _un_managed stub executable that creates an AppDomain, instantiates your startup .NET object and calls into it.
a .NET dll would be the equivalent of a java .class
Edit: -----
Jb Evain points out in comments that .NET dlls also contain an unmanaged stub.
The stub just jumps to the appropriate entrypoint in mscoree.dll
that does the actual work. CorExeMain
for exe's and CorDllMain
for dll's.
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