few features are still missing (for a list, check the
<a href="c-sharp.html">C# compiler</a> web page.
+ * The Mono JIT engine (<b>mono</b>. The JIT engine is
+ the real
+ virtual machine that we support. It is
+ currently functional, and we are improving its speed,
+ and making it feature complete.
+
* A CIL bytecode interpreter (<b>mint</b>). This
currently can be used to run most .NET programs
(modulo the fact that our class libraries are not
complete enough).
<b>mint</b> can currently run the Mono C# compiler and
- the compiler generates valid code.
+ the compiler generates valid code.
We use <b>mint</b> as a reference implementation of
the runtime environment and to quickly support
non-Intel platforms.
- * The Mono JIT engine. The JIT engine is the real
- virtual machine that we will be supporting. It is
- approaching maturity rapidly.
-
* Metadata library: Can currently parse
and load information from .NET modules (executables
and DLL files).