L

labels, IL, 91

language codes, 309

languages. See cultures; programming languages

large object GC heap, 115

last-in, first-out data structure (LIFO stacks), 243–244

LastIndexOf method

lists, 237

strings, 192

late binding, 495

LayoutKind enumeration, 29

lazy compilation of regular expressions, 490–491

lazy quantifiers, in regular expressions, 481

LCG (lightweight code generation), 532

ldarg instruction, IL, 89, 556, 571–572

ldarga instruction, IL, 90, 556

ldarga.s instruction, IL, 90

ldarg.s instruction, IL, 572

ldc instruction, IL, 88–89, 556, 572–573

ldelem instruction, IL, 99, 563–565

ldfld instruction, IL, 90, 566

ldflda instruction, IL, 90, 566

ldftn instruction, IL, 556

ldind instruction, IL, 90, 556–557

ldlen instruction, IL, 99, 566

ldloc instruction, IL, 89, 557, 573

ldloca instruction, IL, 90, 558, 573

ldloca.s instruction, IL, 90

ldnull instruction, IL, 89, 558

ldobj instruction, IL, 566

ldsfld instruction, IL, 90, 566

ldsflda instruction, IL, 90, 566

ldstr instruction, IL, 88, 566

ldtoken instruction, IL, 558

ldvirtftn instruction, IL, 558

leave instruction, IL, 558

ledlema instruction, IL, 99

levels of trust, CAS, 332–335

LIFO stacks, 243–244

lightweight code generation (LCG), 532

limping along, 440

link demands, CAS, 343

linked lists, 245–246

linked resources in assembly, 143–144

LinkedList<T> class, 245–246

/linkresource switch, C#, 144

LISP language

books about, 80

tail calls and, 94

typing strategy of, 13

Listen method, sockets, 283, 288

lists

ACLs (Access Control Lists), 348–351, 374

linked lists, 245–246

standard lists, 236–239

literal (constant) fields, 28

literals, in regular expressions, 464, 468–469

load acquire, instruction reordering, 388

load contexts, 150–151

loading an assembly

binding, 146, 147–150

debugging load process, 149

domain neutrality, 152–154

dynamic assembly loading, 156–160

load contexts for, 150–151

loading process, 146

loading the CLR, 154–155

mapping, 146

probing with Fusion, 146, 148–149

static assembly loading, 155–156

type forwarding, 160–162

locality of reference, 117–118

localization. See also internationalization

books about, 325

of content, 306–307

definition of, 302

localloc instruction, IL, 558

locals

definition of, 31–32

loading and storing from stack, 89–90

lock blocks, C#, 371

lock leveling, 382

Lock method, files, 273

locks. See also deadlocks

for critical sections, 368–369

for files, 273

spin-locks, 379–380

logical execution stack, 84

lookahead meta-characters, 476–477

lookbehind meta-characters, 476–477