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

Serge Lidin authored a decent book on the details of MSIL: Expert .NET 2.0 IL Assembler. I also was able to pick up MSIL quickly by looking at simple methods using .NET Reflector and Ildasm (Tutorial).

The concepts between MSIL and Java bytecode are very similar.