Why intermediate language conversion

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We know in Dot Net Framework , Compiler compiles the managed Code to Intermediate Code and then to machine code.
 
Now my Question why Compiler straighforward compiles from Manage code to Machine Code. Why It has to first convert to Intermediate Language ?

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Tried Googling but didnt find anything specific

Posted 20-Dec-18 5:13am

vaibhav1800

Updated 20-Dec-18 5:40am

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[no name] 20-Dec-18 11:43am

As a non expert on this I see at least two things:
1.) Increase the chances to become more platform independed
2.) The "On the Fly" compilation of CIL (Common Intermediate Language) has the very big advantage, that it can be optimized on the current used cpu/architecture

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F-ES Sitecore · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-20T05:40:00

There are two advantages. The compiler can convert different languages to the same CIL so multiple languages can leverage the framework, c# and vb.net being the best known. But anyone who wants to create a .net language only needs to know how to generate CIL.

The second advantage is that to run .net on a platform, that platform only needs the ability to convert CIL to it's own specific platform. So I can compile my c# app to CIL, then any CIL enabled environment can run that, so Windows using .net framework, or Linux using Mono, or anything else that understands CIL. If you went direct from c# to machine code then you would have to compile your program for a specific platform. With CIL you compile to CIL then the target platform worries about converting to machine-specific code.

Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-20T05:41:00

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cil - Why .NET code compiles to MSIL? - Stack Overflow[^]

Primarily because MSIL is platform-agnostic. If you compiled straight to native code, you'd have to recompile it for every platform you wanted to support.

Posted 20-Dec-18 5:41am

Richard Deeming