Difference between native and managed code?

Question

For example, when looking at the GlowCode profiler website it says:

\"GlowCode 6.2 and x64 profile native, managed, and mixed C++, C#, .NET code\"

What do th

Answer 1

Code that runs under the control of the common language runtime (CLR) is known as managed code. Code that does not run under the CLR is known as native code.