1 <a href="http://www.ximian.com">Ximian</a> announced the
2 launch of the Mono project, an effort to create an Open Source
3 implementation of the .NET Development Framework.
5 Mono includes: <a href="c-sharp.html">a compiler</a> for the
6 C# language, a <a href="runtime.html">runtime</a> for the
7 Common Language Infrastructure and a set of <a
8 href="class-library.html">class libraries</a>
10 You can read our <a href="rationale.html">rationale</a> for
11 this project. If you have questions about the project, please
12 read our list of <a href="faq.html">Frequently Asked
13 Questions</a> or <a href="mailto:mono-list@ximian.com">contact us.</a>
15 You might also want to <a href="download.html">Download the
16 source</a> for our work so far. Or you can grab a <a
17 href="snapshots">snapshot</a> of our current work.
20 href="resources.html#mailing">subscribe</a> to our mono-list
21 and mono-announce-list
23 You can contact the team at: <a
24 href="mailto:mono-list@ximian.com">mono-list@ximian.com</a>
28 Paolo has written a section on <a href="porting.html">Porting
29 Mono</a> to othre architectures.
33 <A a href="download.html#sep-18">Mono 0.7</a> has been
34 released (runtime engine, class libraries
35 and C# compiler). Check the <a href="archive/mono-0.7">Mono
36 0.7 announcement</a> for details
40 Mike Kestner's Gtk# (Gtk-sharp) was checked into the CVS
41 repository. Gtk# can run a simple hello world application.
42 The binding is nice, as it maps Gtk+ signals to delegates in
43 C#. You can see the Gtk# Hello World program <a href="src/HelloWorld.cs">here</a>
45 Gtk-sharp should be available on the next snapshot set.
49 Dietmar checked in his CIL tree/forest regeneration and most
50 importantly, the x86 instruction selector burg grammar.
55 The MCS compiler <b>can compile the sample Hello World</b>
56 application and generate a Windows/CIL executable that runs!
58 This executable runs with the Mono Interpreter of course (see
63 Dietmar checked into CVS the `monoburg' architecture
64 independent instruction selector for the JIT engine.
68 <b>.NET Hello World is working under Mono!</b> The latest snapshots
71 Hello World consits of 1821 CIL instructions,
72 performs 66 subroutine calls and loads 12 classes from the corlib.dll
78 Lloyd Dupont has announced his OpenGL bindings for C#, they
79 are available here: <a
80 href="http://csgl.sourceforge.net">http://csgl.sourceforge.net</a>
84 New version of the Mono Runtime, Compiler and Classes has been
86 href="download.html#august-22">released.</a> Check the <a
87 href="archive/mono-0.6">0.6 announcement</a>.
91 A new <a href="contributing.html#compile-service">Compilation
92 service</a> has been made available by Derek to allow people
93 without access to the <a
94 href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/000/976/msdncompositedoc.xml&frame=true">.NET SDK</a>
98 Daily snapshots of mcs and mono are now available, they will
99 run every night at 10pm Boston time.
103 Mono Runtime 0.5 has been <a
104 href="download.html#july-29">released.</a> Check the <a
105 href="archive/mono-0.5">release notes</a>
109 The slides for <A href="Presentations/O-Reilly">my
110 presentation</a> at <a href="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly
111 Open Source Software Convention</a>
115 Another release of the class libraries is out, check the <a
116 href="archive/mcs-22">MCS 22-July Release Notes</a>. You can
117 get the new class libraries from <a
118 href="download.html#july-22">here</a>
122 Another release of the class libraries is out, check the <a
123 href="archive/mcs-19">MCS 19-July Release Notes</a>. You can
124 get the new class libraries from <a
125 href="download.html#july-19">here</a>
129 Another release of the class libraries is out, check the <a
130 href="archive/mcs-17">MCS 17-July Release Notes</a>. You can
131 get the new class libraries from <a
132 href="download.html#july-17">here</a>
134 Do not forget to check out the updated <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a>.
136 Got Sean's new <a href="class-status/index.html">Class
137 Status</a> web pages up. These are a lot better than mine, and
138 we are now keeping better track of contributors.
142 Another release of Mono is out, check the <a
143 href="archive/mono-0.4">Mono 0.4 Release Notes</a>. Get it <a
144 href="download.html#july-15">here</a>.
149 href="http://mail.ximian.com/archives/public/mono-list/2001-July/000399.html">new
151 runtime, compiler and classes has been made. Get it <a href="download.html#july-14">here</a>
155 I keep getting questions about my opinion on Passport, even when
156 Mono has <b>nothing</b> to do with it. I finally <a
157 href="passport.html">wrote something.</a>
165 Brian posted a story on <a
166 href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">O'Reilly Network .NET</a>