* Use the latest `stable` chrome version by default
* Install these by default on codespaces

## Details

- Added a new task `GetChromeVersions` to get the latest version
- This is applicable to library tests, debugger tests, and Wasm.Build.Tests
- The channel used for getting the "latest" version is `$(ChromeChannel)=stable`
- And they are installed in `artifacts/bin/chrome`, and `artifacts/bin/chromedriver`
- A newer version is fetched only `$(ChromeVersionCheckThresholdDays)=3` days after the last version check
- This is enabled by default on containers
- And the behavior can be disabled with `$(InstallChromeForTests)=false`.

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* [mono] Avoid checking for exceptions after calls to Math icalls.

Also add a way to turn off exception checking for arbitrary icalls.

* Fix wasm support.

Co-authored-by: kasperk81 <kasperk81 kasperk81 83082615+kasperk81@users.noreply.github.com>

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* Add startIndex argument to getStringLiteral JIT/EE interface method

Avoid copying up to 1kB string just to get a single char out of it.

* Format patch

…o JIT in expandRawHandleIntrinsic) (#76996)

Implement expandRawHandleIntrinsic in SPMI

Also fix NAOT passing garbage back to JIT.

Fix #76925

* get vtable method slot by using its declaring

* Fix documentation for INumberBase IsComplex and IsImaginary

* Update src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Numerics/INumberBase.cs

….Empty (#77354)

Add a phase that looks for common tail statements in a block's
predecessors and merges them.

Run it both before and after morph.

Also
* add range enable config and overall `JitEnableTailMerge` config
* add indir flag checking to `GenTree::Compare`
* remove an apparently unnecessary assert from loop recognition.

Closes #8795.
Closes #76872.

* statically linking GC PAL

The GC PAL will be used for both coreclr and standalone GC on linux

* fixing arm64 and nativeaot build breaks

* macos build break and reducing renaming.

* trying to remove numa support from PAL

* one more rename to resolve MacOS break

* delete pal numa code.

* Adding missing madvise in GC PAL

* added missing MADV_DONTDUMP calls.

* CR feedback

* undo (long long) cast in GetMemoryStatus

* only invoke madvise on success.

* Implement Array.Initialize in C#

* Add Mono implementation of Initialize

* Fix test failure

* Implement for NativeAOT

Co-authored-by: Jan Kotas <jkotas@microsoft.com>

Adding flag to turn on EVEX encoding.