As I understand it, the .NET framework is the rich class-library provided by
MS, and the CLR (Common Language Runtime) is what actually "runs the code".
To condense it to over simplified terms, the .NET framework is the new language
and Visual Studio is the wiz bang wysiwyg editor for that language.
To add more detail, the framework is the execution environment, the part that
runs your code and provides the common ground for all .NET languages. Visual Studio
is an editor that allows you to design, debug, and compile different languages
into MSIL, the framework's Intermediate Languge.
LFS
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