The JVM is required to run a java application.
I wanted to know is there any equivalent in c#?
If yes what is it?
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The JVM is required to run a java application.
I wanted to know is there any equivalent in c#?
If yes what is it?
The Common Language Runtime or CLR. This is the runtime that supports not just C# but also other .NET languages, such as Visual Basic.NET. Typically, each language exposes developers to a subset of the features available on the CLR (for instance, method overloading purely by return type is not generally supported in C#, but is supported by the CLR).
Just as Java compiles to bytecode, C# and other .NET languages compile to Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) – the only language to expose the complete set of CLR features.
Of course, C# is defined purely as a language. There’s no reason why it cannot be made to run on other runtimes, or indeed in an interpreted mode. But the “equivalent” of “the” JVM (implying the default one) is the CLR.