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Constants in C#
Why does the compiler store constant values in the assembly metadata?
Are they directly embedded to Intermediate Language code from the assembly metadata?
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Appropriate use of SQL CLR
We have some back end processes that runs* on our sql server (SQL Server), they involve processing claims. This requires both data manipulation (biz logic) and data read/write to tables. The biz ...
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Coincidence or rule?
I was reading about Assemblies (modules, which Microsoft CLR works with). The Assembly contains so called Manifest, which by definition describes a set of files in the Assembly.
I know that Android ...
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Writing a new programming language - when and how to bootstrap datastructures?
I'm in the process of writing my own programming language which, thus far, has been going great in terms of what I set out to accomplish. However, now, I'd like to bootstrap some pre-existing data ...
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Do I lose anything by coding in c# and using free online vb.net code convertors?
The company I work for uses vb.net since there are many programmers who moved up from vb6 to vb.net. Basically more vb.net resources in the company for support/maintenance vs c#. I am a c# coder and ...
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How to devise instruction set of a stack based machine?
Stack based virtual machines like CLR and JVM has different set of instructions. Is there any theory behind devising the instruction set while creating a virtual machine? e.g. there are JVM ...
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Build a native dll or .net dll to be used independently in either set-up
Here's a simple question (kind of), but I'm having a hard time taking a decision. First, a history on how I came to have this problem. In my new job, we need to use a third party API to communicate ...
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What language is the CLR written in?
Just out of curiosity, what language is the CLR written in? I read on the Java Virtual Machine wikipedia entry that it is programmed in C++; is this the same for the CLR?
Sorry if this is off-topic, ...
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How DEP and ASLR play role in security?
Lines from CLR via C#:
A managed module is a standard
32-bit Microsoft Windows portable executable (PE32) file or a standard 64-bit Windows
portable executable (PE32+) file that requires the CLR to ...
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Is IronScheme complete enough or stable enough to be worth learning?
IronScheme is mentioned on Wikipedia as a successor to a failed project called IronLisp, bringing Lisp to CLR and .NET, the way Clojure does for the JVM. Does anyone have experience with this ...
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What has been your experience with SQL CLR for complex business logic?
So I thought I had a perfect use-case for a CLR SQL Procedure. I've search the Net for perhaps a similar example where data is retrieved, records added and updated. I have not looked at a SQL CLR ...
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Is Clojure, Scala and other restrained by the JVM vs CLR
The Java implementors seem slow to adopt language improvements, for example compare C# with full closures, expression trees, LINQ etc.. to Java, and even the push back of some stuff to Java 8 will ...
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What uses IronPython has?
I've been wondering to myself, what uses does IronPython have in a .NET environment? what can it do that can't be done with VB, C# or F#? It seems kind of strange to go through all the trouble of ...
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How important is an in-depth knowledge of the Common Language Runtime to a .NET developer?
I wonder how many .NET developers have a working knowledge of CIL and where it has been useful to them.
In case you are missing my meaning, here is a simple CIL example to add two locations together:
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Does your workplace allow the use of multiple, interoperable programming languages?
Since now there are several good languages that target the JVM and can interop with Java with varying degrees of painlessness, and likewise for the CLR (especially with the recent addition of F# as an ...
