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The Virtual Execution System (VES) provides an environment for executing managed code. It provides direct support for a set of built-in data types, defines a hypothetical machine with an associated machine model and state, a set of control flow constructs, and an exception handling model. To a large extent, the purpose of the VES is to provide the support required to execute the Common Intermediate Language instruction set.

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Base Class Library · Common Language Runtime · Code Access Security · Assembly · Metadata · COM Interop

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Infrastructure (CLI)

Common Language Infrastructure · Common Type System · Common Intermediate Language · Virtual Execution System

CLI Languages

Common¹	C# · Visual Basic .NET · C++/CLI (Managed) · F# · J# · JScript .NET · Windows PowerShell

Other²	Axum · A# · Boo · M · Oxygene · IronScheme (IronLisp) · IronPython · IronRuby · Nemerle · Phalanger · P#

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Other implementations

Mono · Compact Framework · XNA Framework · Micro Framework · Portable.NET · Silverlight · SSCLI · DotGNU

Comparisons

Java and C# · C# and Visual Basic .NET · Java and .NET platforms

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"Acropolis" · "Jasper" · Parallel Extensions · Managed Extensibility Framework

¹ Languages that are, will be, or have been included with Visual Studio or Microsoft Windows.
² Non-academic or research languages with relatively large user-bases.

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