.NET : Targeting the runtime

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Published on 2010-05-29T15:04:28Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 15:12 UTC
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I'm starting to read in-depth on the .NET framework, and its Common Language Runtime. I'm reading a .NET overview by Microsoft and I'm not sure what is meant by this statement.

Code that targets the runtime is known as managed code, while code that does not target the runtime is known as unmanaged code.

How do you target the Common Language Runtime? I know its defaulted when developing in Visual Studio, but how would you specifically target the CLR?

What code when developing a .NET application wouldn't target the CLR, and thereby be called unmanaged code?

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