Language-to-IL

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Intermediate language (IL) is the lowest-level human-readable programming language in the heirachy of instructions for a CPU. High level programming languages like Visual Basic, C, etc. provide access to complex operations via simple instructions.

An example of an Intermediate language is the Microsoft Intermediate Language. Code written at this level can be optimized for speed and efficiency, at the expense of time. Code written in a high level language is faster to write but may require more CPU instructions when compiled.

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