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>
13 * <a href="#nemerle">Nemerle</a>
14 * <a href="#python">Python</a>
17 Languages which are known to run, but we have not done a
18 complete ran of all their regression tests to validate it:
24 Languages we would like to have supported, with links to resources:
27 * <a href="#JavaScript">Java Script</a>
28 * <a href="#java.html">Java</a>
32 Some experimental bindings:
35 * <a href="#Tachy">Tachy</a> (scheme-like)
41 There is a very interesting project to make a JavaVM for .NET
42 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0109845/">here</a>.
44 Zoltan has got IKVM to work with Mono.
49 Sterling has code to allow PHP developers to use Mono code, in
50 his <a href="http://www.php.net/~sterling/mono/">site</a>
55 An implementation of Logo for Mono (and .NET)
57 The <A href="http://monologo.sf.net">Mono Logo</a> compiler is
58 hosted in the <a href="ccvs.html">Mono CVS</a> repository
59 and also available on the <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a> mirrors.
62 ** Mono Basic (Mono's VB.NET compiler)
64 Work has resumed on the Mono Visual Basic compiler (currently
65 called mbas). It is part of the standard Mono distribution,
66 but its still an early compiler.
71 This Oberon compiler is written in Oberon.NET (another self
74 The main site <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/</a>
77 <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/</a>
80 <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/</a>
82 <a name="ComponentPascal">
85 The Component Pascal compiler: <a
86 href="http://www.citi.qut.edu.au/research/plas/projects/cp_files/cpnet.html">Home
88 href="http://www.citi.qut.edu.au/research/plas/projects/cp_files/cpdownload.html">
94 The Delta Forth.NET project: <a href="http://www.dataman.ro/dforth">Home
95 Page</a> and <a href="http://www.dataman.ro/dforth">more
102 A subset of Scheme language called <a
103 href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101156/stories/2002/03/19/tachy.html">Tachy</a>
105 <a name="Python"></a>
108 <a href="mailto:brian@No.Spam.zope.com">Brian Lloyd</a> is
109 working on linking the Python runtime with the .NET runtime.
110 More information on the PS.NET project can be found <a
111 href="http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet">here</a>.
113 <a name="dotlisp"></a>
116 DotLisp is available from: <a
117 href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotlisp/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotlisp/</a>
119 <a name="JavaScript">
122 Cesar is working on Mono's implementation of JScript, the code
123 is available on CVS on module `mcs'.
128 Nemerle is a new hybrid (functional, object-oriented and
129 imperative) programming language for the .NET platform. It is
131 href="http://www.nemerle.org/">http://www.nemerle.org</a>.
135 Here is a list of a few languages that we would like to see
136 supported. We will try to maintain a set of links here with
137 technical information for those interested in porting,
138 implementing or adapting a compiler for any of these
144 Ideally GCC could be modified to generate CIL, but it is a
145 big task. That would give us various compilers in one pass.
147 <a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc">LCC</a> 4.2
148 has been recently released. This release adds support for compiling
149 ANSI C programs to CIL. Note that the CIL support only works on Win32
150 right now, but should be easy to convert to Mono/other architectures.
152 LCC is not an open source compiler, but it is free as long as you
153 do not profit from selling it.
158 A# is an ADA compiler for the CIL platform, it can be downloaded from:
160 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>
165 Java bytecode can run directly on Mono using the <a
166 href="http://www.ikvm.net">IKVM</a> java virtual machine for
169 We have a <a href="java.html">separate page</a> for Java.