Service of CLR

Question

Hi ..... I know CLR is common language run time which provides execution environment but I want to know services of CLR ? Please explain services of CLR ? Thanks......

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Vineet Common Language Runtime is the heart of the .NET framework.All Languages have runtime and its the responsibility of the runtime to take care of the code execution of the program.For example VC++ has MSCRT40.DLLVB6 has MSVBVM60.DLL  Java has Java Virtual Machine etc. Similarly .NET has CLR.Following are the responsibilities of CLR Garbage Collection :- CLR automatically manages memory thus eliminating memory leakes. When objects are not referred GC automatically releases those memory thus providing efficient memory management. Code Access Security :- CAS grants rights to program depending on the security configuration of the machine.Example the program has rights to edit or create a new file but the security configuration of machine does not allow the program to delete a file.CAS will take care that the code runs under the environment of machines security configuration. Code Verification :- This ensures proper code execution and type safety while the code runs.It prevents the source code to perform illegal operation such as accessing invalid memory locations etc. IL( Intermediate language ) -to-native translators and optimizer's :- CLR uses JIT and compiles the IL code to machine code and then executes. CLR also determines depending on platform what is optimized way of running the IL code. Please refer the below link http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Blogs/3261/services-of-clrcommon-language-runtime.aspx Thanks

Vineet Kumar Saini · Answer

Thanks Nayak Ji.....

Sam Hobbs · Answer

The Microsoft CLR implements Standard ECMA-334 C# Language Specification .

Vulpes · Answer

Please check my response to this thread which lists the main services provided by the CLR: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/148408/clr-processing.aspx