What does "IL code" mean in Core tools page?

[badersur]

In Driver's section of .NET Core Command Line Tools topic:

Driver

The driver is named dotnet. It is the first part of what you invoke. The driver has two responsibilities:

1. Executing IL code
2. Executing the verb

What does IL code and IL assembly mean? CC: @mairaw

[svick]

IL is short for "Intermediate Language", more details are in the article What is “managed code”?

While it's true that dotnet your.dll is used to execute an IL assembly, I'm not sure it makes sense to focus on IL here. Maybe, like the dotnet article, this article should talk about "portable apps" instead of "IL code"?

[badersur]

Thank you @svick for your clarification. I thought it was a typo because the term "Intermediate Language" didn't appear before. I just noticed the doc's search box now and found your linked article!