CLR is independent or Not..?

If by 'platform' you mean the processor/operating system combination, then the CLR can never be independent of the platform because one of its major components, the 'just in time' compiler', needs to produce native code for the platform it's running on.

However, as far as the .NET Framework itself is concerned, it's possible for different versions of it to be supported by the same version of the CLR and in fact version 2.0 of the CLR supports versions: 2.0. 3.0 and 3.5 of the framework.

Version 4.0 of the CLR (there is no version 3.0) is needed to support version 4.0 of the framework and version 4.5 of the CLR is needed for version 4.5 of the framework.

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Vulpes13y ago
If by 'platform' you mean the processor/operating system combination, then the CLR can never be independent of the platform because one of its major components, the 'just in time' compiler', needs to produce native code for the platform it's running on.

However, as far as the .NET Framework itself is concerned, it's possible for different versions of it to be supported by the same version of the CLR and in fact version 2.0 of the CLR supports versions: 2.0. 3.0 and 3.5 of the framework.

Version 4.0 of the CLR (there is no version 3.0) is needed to support version 4.0 of the framework and version 4.5 of the CLR is needed for version 4.5 of the framework.
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