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

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When using AnyCPU, the semantics are the following:

• If the process runs on a 32-bit Windows system, it runs as a 32-bit process. CIL is compiled to x86 machine code.
• If the process runs on a 64-bit Windows system, it runs as a 32-bit process. CIL is compiled to x86 machine code.
• If the process runs on an ARM Windows system, it runs as a 32-bit process. CIL is compiled to ARM machine code.