assemblies

I'm new to .NET C# programming. I'm following few books. It is said that instead of compiling it directly to binary code (Native code). High level code is converted into intermediate language (called MSIL aka CIL). But when I compile, I get an exe/Dll file. Is this MSIL/CIL containted in these exe/dll file? I want to see that intermediate language code. Just to get feel of its existence. How to view it? They are calling this exe/dll file an assembly . Are they using this "fancy word" just to differentiate these from the exe/dll files that contain binary code (native code)? Yes it is, more

There is a package I have to deal with which installs assemblies straight into the GAC (e.g. somewhere deep in %windows%/assembly). How do I exorcise the actual assembly (the DLL) from the GAC into the normal file system? Thanks. Andrew Hare I used the advice from this article to get an assembly from the GAC. Get DLL Out of The GAC DLLs once deployed in GAC (normally located at c:\windows\assembly) can’t be viewed or used as a normal DLL file. They can’t be directly referenced from VS project. Developers usually keep a copy of the original DLL file and refer to it in the project at development