2002-10-09 Brian Ritchie <brianlritchie@hotmail.com>
[mono.git] / README
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2 This is Mono.
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4 Installation:
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6         Read doc/download for installation instructions, 
7         or read the HTML version:
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9                 http://www.go-mono.com/download.html
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11 * Using Mono
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13         Once you have installed the software, you can run a few programs:
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15         * runtime engine
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17                 mono program.exe
18           or
19                 mint program.exe
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21         * C# compiler
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23                 mcs program.cs
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25         * CIL Disassembler
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27                 monodis program.exe
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29         See the man pages for mono(1), mint(1), monodis(1) and mcs(2)
30         for further details.
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32 * A directory roadmap:
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34         doc/
35                 Contains documentation and the web site contents.
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37         mono/
38                 The core of the Mono Runtime.
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40                 metadata/
41                         The object system and metadata reader.
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43                 jit/
44                         The Just in Time Compiler.
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46                 dis/
47                         CIL executable Disassembler
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49                 cli/
50                         Common code for the JIT and the interpreter.
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52                 io-layer/
53                         The I/O layer and system abstraction for 
54                         emulating the .NET IO model.
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56                 cil/
57                         Common Intermediate Representation, XML
58                         definition of the CIL bytecodes.
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60                 interp/
61                         Interpreter for CLI executables.
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63                 arch/
64                         Architecture specific portions.
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