Dhaval
Reputation: 389
What is the difference between .exe file generated from c program compilation and .exe file generated from vb program compilation
what is difference between .exe file generated from c program compilation and .exe file generated from vb program compilation. Which .exe file is platform independent as per ( as long as the platform is .NET)?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 786
Answers (1)
Aniket Inge
Reputation: 25695
C program file mostly compiles to native machine code and is platform specific. However, VB.NET compiles to .NET MSIL code, which can then run on a .NET Virtual Machine.
That being said, you can write your own compiler for C that compiles to MSIL or look at C++/CLR.
Upvotes: 2
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