Will .Net 4.0 include a new CLR or keep with version 2.0

Question

Will .Net 4.0 use a new version of the CLR (v2.1, 3.0) or will it stick with the existing v2.0?

Supplementary: Is it possibly going to keep with CLR v2.0 and add DLR v1.0?

Update: Whilst this might look like a speculative question which cannot be answered, the VS team appear to be releasing more and more info on VS10 and .Net 4.0 so this may very soon not be the case. (Info available here -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc948977.aspx)

Gussiegussman

Answer 1

4.0 is going to be another side by side release from what I have read.

http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/archive/2008/09/07/net-4-0-wf-wcf-and-oslo.aspx

Pluckless

Good link, but it doesn't actually answer the question. – Postmortem

Answer 2

Yes, .NET 4.0 will introduce a new version of the CLR (which will also be at 4.0). The DLR will essentially become a part of the core framework, but it will still sit on top of the CLR.

Postmortem

you should include some links here to back it up blogs.msdn.com/rmbyers/archive/2008/10/26/… agree with you that the answer marked correct is not really complete – Anuran

clr v4 has an improved GC and better introp support – Anuran

Answer 3

To state it yet another way - according to Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - 4.0 will stand on it's own (i.e., will not sit on top of 2.0 like 3.0 or 3.5 did). Brand new framework and brand new CLR.

As far as the DLR goes it sits on top of the BCL just like Linq, WinForms and WPF does (i.e., DLR -> BCL -> CLR)

To see the PowerPoint slide detailing this click on "Overview" (right-hand side) -> "Lap Around the .NET Framework 4" then click the PowerPoint slide of the same name. Look at the second and third slides.

Mitchellmitchem