Differences between MSIL and Java bytecode?

Question

I\'m new to .Net and I\'m trying to understand the basics first. What is the difference between MSIL and Java bytecode?

Answer 1

CIL aka MSIL is intended to be human-readable. Java bytecode is not.

Think of Java bytecode as being machine code for hardware that does not exist (but which JVMs emulate).

CIL is more like assembly language - one step from machine code, while still being human-readable.