* MCS: The Ximian C# compiler
- The Mono C# compiler is considered feature complete at this
- point and relatively mature. MCS is able to compile itself
- and many more C# programs (there is a test suite included that
- you can use). It is routinely used to compile Mono, roughly
- half a million lines of C# code.
+ The Mono C# compiler is considered feature C# 1.0 complete at
+ this point and mature. MCS is able to compile itself and many
+ more C# programs (there is a test suite included that you can
+ use). It is routinely used to compile Mono, roughly 1.7
+ million lines of C# code.
-* Pending tasks
+ The compiler is also fairly fast. On a IBM ThinkPad t40 it
+ compiles 18,000 lines of C# code per second.
- There are a few known bugs in the Mono C# compiler, but
- they are very very few at this point,
- you can also browse the MCS <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/buglist.cgi?product=Mono%2FMCS&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=anywords&op_sys_details=&op_sys_details_type=substring&version_details=&version_details_type=substring&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&form_name=query">bugs</a> from Bugzilla.
-
- A test suite is maintained to track the progress of
- the compiler and various programs are routinely compiled and
- ran.
-
-** Slides
-
- Slides for the Mono C# Compiler presentation at .NET ONE are
- available <a
- href="http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/slides-europe-nov-2002/Mono_C_Sharp_Overview_1007.sxi">here</a>
- in StarOffice format.
+ Work on C# 2.0 has started: some pieces of it are available on
+ the standard compiler with the -2 switch (iterators, method
+ conversions) and some others are available on the `gmcs'
+ branch on CVS (generics)
** Obtaining MCS
able to use this generic CIL optimizer in their projects
reducing their time to develop a production compiler.
+* Open bugs
+
+ See the <a href="bugs.html">bugs page</a> for more information.
+
+ A test suite is maintained to track the progress of
+ the compiler and various programs are routinely compiled and
+ ran.
+
+* Slides
+
+ Slides for the Mono C# Compiler presentation at .NET ONE are
+ available <a
+ href="http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/slides-europe-nov-2002/Mono_C_Sharp_Overview_1007.sxi">here</a>
+ in StarOffice format.
+
** History
MCS was able to parse itself on April 2001, MCS compiled itself
** Questions and Answers
+Q: Does the Mono C# compiler support C# 2.0?
+
+A: At this point the Mono C# compiler supports some of the features of
+ C# 2.0, but the support has not been completed. To enable 2.0 features
+ you must use the -2 flag to the compiler.
+
+Q: What features are available as of Feb 2004?
+
+A: Iterators have been implemented as well as method group implicit
+ conversion to delegates on the main compiler branch.
+
+ We have a branch of the compiler in the module `mcs/gmcs' which is
+ where we are developing the Generics support for the compiler. Plenty
+ of tests work (see mcs/tests/gen-*.cs for a list of tests), but work
+ remains to be done.
+
+Q: Will the C# 2.0 features be part of the Mono 1.0 release?
+
+A: Only a few, the generic compiler will not be part of the 1.0
+ stable release, but a beta preview will be distributed.
+
Q: Why not write a C# front-end for GCC?
A: I wanted to learn about C#, and this was an exercise in this
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