1 * Compilers for other languages
3 Here are some other free compilers for other languages that
4 target .NET and should work with Mono with no problem:
7 * <a href="#ComponentPascal">Component Pascal</a>
8 * <a href="#MonoLogo">MonoLogo</a>
9 * <a href="#Oberon">Oberon</a>
10 * <a href="#Forth">Forth</a>
11 * <a href="#mbas">Mono Basic</a> (Mono's VB.NET compiler)
12 * <a href="#dotlist">dotLisp</a>
15 Languages which are known to run, but we have not done a
16 complete ran of all their regression tests to validate it:
22 Languages we would like to have supported, with links to resources:
25 * <a href="#JavaScript">Java Script</a>
26 * <a href="#java.html">Java</a>
30 Some experimental languages:
33 * <a href="#Tachy">Tachy</a> (scheme-like)
34 * <a href="#python">Python</a>
40 There is a very interesting project to make a JavaVM for .NET
41 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0109845/">here</a>.
43 Zoltan has got IKVM to work with Mono.
48 Sterling has code to allow PHP developers to use Mono code, in
49 his <a href="http://www.php.net/~sterling/mono/">site</a>
54 An implementation of Logo for Mono (and .NET)
56 The <A href="http://monologo.sf.net">Mono Logo</a> compiler is
57 hosted in the <a href="ccvs.html">Mono CVS</a> repository
58 and also available on the <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a> mirrors.
61 ** Mono Basic (Mono's VB.NET compiler)
63 Work has resumed on the Mono Visual Basic compiler (currently
64 called mbas). It is part of the standard Mono distribution,
65 but its still an early compiler.
70 This Oberon compiler is written in Oberon.NET (another self
73 The main site <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/</a>
76 <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/</a>
79 <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/</a>
81 <a name="ComponentPascal">
84 The Component Pascal compiler: <a
85 href="http://www.citi.qut.edu.au/research/plas/projects/cp_files/cpnet.html">Home
87 href="http://www.citi.qut.edu.au/research/plas/projects/cp_files/cpdownload.html">
93 The Delta Forth.NET project: <a href="http://www.dataman.ro/dforth">Home
94 Page</a> and <a href="http://www.dataman.ro/dforth">more
101 A subset of Scheme language called <a
102 href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101156/stories/2002/03/19/tachy.html">Tachy</a>
104 <a name="Python"></a>
107 <a href="mailto:brian@No.Spam.zope.com">Brian Lloyd</a> is
108 working on linking the Python runtime with the .NET runtime.
109 More information on the PS.NET project can be found <a
110 href="http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet">here</a>.
112 <a name="dotlisp"></a>
115 DotLisp is available from: <a
116 href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotlisp/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotlisp/</a>
118 <a name="JavaScript">
121 Cesar is working on Mono's implementation of JScript, the code
122 is available on CVS on module `mcs'.
126 Here is a list of a few languages that we would like to see
127 supported. We will try to maintain a set of links here with
128 technical information for those interested in porting,
129 implementing or adapting a compiler for any of these
135 Ideally GCC could be modified to generate CIL, but it is a
136 big task. That would give us various compilers in one pass.
138 <a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc">LCC</a> 4.2
139 has been recently released. This release adds support for compiling
140 ANSI C programs to CIL. Note that the CIL support only works on Win32
141 right now, but should be easy to convert to Mono/other architectures.
143 LCC is not an open source compiler, but it is free as long as you
144 do not profit from selling it.
149 A# is an ADA compiler for the CIL platform, it can be downloaded from:
151 href="http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/a_sharp.html">http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/a_sharp.html</a>
156 Java bytecode can run directly on Mono using the <a
157 href="http://www.ikvm.net">IKVM</a> java virtual machine for
160 We have a <a href="java.html">separate page</a> for Java.