Virtual Execution System


The Virtual Execution System is a run-time system of the Common Language Infrastructure CLI which 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 CIL instruction set.

Implementations

The Common Language Runtime is the.NET Framework's implementation of the VES. Other notable implementations of the CLI such as Mono and Portable.NET include their own VES implementations. The.NET Micro Framework includes the.NET Micro Framework Interpreter as their VES implementation.