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Asked: 2026-05-16T15:29:53+00:00

I was trying to find some simple overview but found nothing. So I hope

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I was trying to find some simple overview but found nothing. So I hope someone will help me here.
I would like to know what is the flow of compilation/assembly process in .NET. I just know:

1)The code is compiled into CIL
2)
3)
…
4) Executable binaries

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    1. Your C#/VB.NET/… code is compiled to MSIL (CIL)
    2. The MSIL is stored in an assembly (.DLL / .EXE)
    3. .NET Assemblies are executed by the CLR (.NET runtime)
    4. When an assembly is ‘loaded’ that means its code is loaded-on-demand
    5. When the CLR loads a MSIL method it is compiled to native code
    6. The native code is executed but not stored on disk

    There exists a tool NGEN.exe to pre-compile the MSIL but it is only used in special cases.

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