Compile in directly Assembler a C# application

[Emilio]

Good morning,

as subject says, is possible to compile a C# application directly in
x86 native code, bypassing IL ?

Best wishes,
Emilio

 

[Alberto Poblacion]

as subject says, is possible to compile a C# application directly in
x86 native code, bypassing IL ?

Yes, look in the manuals for a tool called NGEN.EXE. ("Native code
GENerator").

 

[Emilio]

    Yes, look in the manuals for a tool called NGEN.EXE.  ("Native code
GENerator").

Thank you so much, Alberto, for your response.

Emilio

 

[Peter Duniho]

Yes, look in the manuals for a tool called NGEN.EXE. ("Native code
GENerator").

Some caveats:

-- ngen.exe doesn't "bypass IL" per se as the OP asked for; it
simply takes the IL-to-native step and causes it to happen earlier

-- the original IL still must be present and takes precedent; if
any dependency that exists for the IL changes, the pre-compiled native
code will be ignore, and the assembly will be JIT-ted normally