What does the Visual Studio “Any CPU” target mean?

Question

I have some confusion related to the .NET platform build options in Visual Studio 2008.

What is the \"Any CPU\" compilation target, and what sort of files does it ge

Answer 1

Any CPU means that it will work on any platform. This is because managed code is similar to Java. Think of it as being compiled to a byte code that is interpreted by the .NET Framework at run-time.

C++ does not have this option because it is compiled to machine code that is platform specific.